American journalist
Robin Young
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Born
| Robin Cardwell Youngs
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Nationality
| American
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Alma mater
| Ithaca College
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Occupation(s)
| Radio host, journalist
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Relatives
| John Savage
(brother)
Jim Youngs
(brother)
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Awards
| Peabody Award
1990
Emmy Award (5 times)
Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame (2010)
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Robin Cardwell Young
(nee
Youngs
) is an American television and radio personality.
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She worked ten years in television, winning the
Peabody Award
for her documentary
The Los Altos Story
. In 2000, she shifted to radio in Boston. Young co-hosts the
NPR
and
WBUR
daily news magazine program
Here and Now
along with
Scott Tong
and
Deepa Fernandes
.
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Early life and education
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Young was born on
Long Island, New York
. She attended
Ithaca College
in
Ithaca, New York
, graduating in 1972. The college gave her the Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 1982.
[4]
She has lived and worked in
Manhattan
,
Washington, DC
,
Los Angeles
and
Boston
.
Her three siblings are all actors. Gail Youngs and
Jim Youngs
are her sister and brother. Her third sibling is veteran film actor
John Savage
.
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Career in broadcasting
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She began in television as a secretary at Channel 38 in Boston in 1973. In 1975, she went on air as a radio announcer at WBZ (Boston). She made her first television appearance on WBZ-TV's
Evening Magazine
in 1977.
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From 1982 to 1983, Young was lead presenter, along with
Tom Ellis
, for the revamped evening newscasts on WNEV-TV (now
WHDH
) Channel 7.
After one year, she switched her role at the station and began hosting and producing a number of primetime specials under her own production company, Young Visions. In 1988, Young was "Life" section anchor of
USA Today: The Television Show,
a nationally syndicated news program.
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She made the documentary
The Los Altos Story
, promoting HIV/AIDS awareness; she won the Peabody Award in 1990 for this program.
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Young has hosted
Here and Now
since 2000. The show normally consists of five interview segments with reporters, politicians, artists, authors and experts on a given subject. It is broadcast from noon to 2 pm on
WBUR
and is distributed by NPR. In July 2013,
Here and Now
expanded to two hours. The show is produced at WBUR in Boston.
Awards
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Young has won the
Peabody
and
CableACE Awards
[10]
for documentary film making and five
Emmy Awards
for excellence in broadcasting. She was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2010.
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