PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes 

Author Biographies

Alex Chadwick
(b. 1947)

Alex Chadwick graduated from American University in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in communications. In 1977, he started his work at National Public Radio (NPR) as host and producer of the morning news. In his time at NPR, he has been a reporter and host for the evening news program All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. Currently, Chadwick is a writer and substitute host for NPR's Morning Edition. He is also co-host and chief writer for Radio Expeditions, a series of radio specials that are co-produced by NPR and the National Geographic Society.

In his work, Chadwick has reported from areas throughout the world. He has won numerous awards for his reports. As a freelance television writer, he wrote a three-hour CBS Reports special on violence titled "In the Killing Fields of America," which won an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Robert F. Kennedy Award.

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