American radio journalist (born 1938)
Susan Stamberg
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Stamberg at the Third Coast Audio Festival in October 21, 2005
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Born
| Susan Levitt
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1938-09-07
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September 7, 1938
(age 85)
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Education
| Barnard College
(BA)
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Spouse
| Louis C. Stamberg
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Children
| Josh Stamberg
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Career
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Network
| National Public Radio
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Country
| United States
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Susan Stamberg
(born September 7, 1938) is an American radio journalist. Stamberg was co-host of
NPR
's flagship program
All Things Considered
from 1972 to 1986. In that role Stamberg was the first female host of a national news broadcast.
[1]
She's considered one of NPR's "Founding Mothers"
[2]
along with
Nina Totenberg
,
Linda Wertheimer
and the late
Cokie Roberts
. After nearly 50 years at the network, Stamberg is a Special Correspondent and her reports appear weekly on NPR's
Morning Edition
.
Early life
[
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]
Susan Stamberg was born
Susan Levitt
in
Newark, New Jersey
.
[3]
She graduated
Barnard College
in 1959.
Career
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For 14 years, beginning in 1972, Stamberg served as co-host of
All Things Considered
, the evening news magazine. She was the first woman to hold a full-time position as
anchor
of a national nightly news broadcast in the United States. She was awarded the
Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB)
. She was the host of
Weekend Edition Sunday
from 1987 to 1989. In 1994, Stamberg was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. In 1996, she was inducted into the
National Radio Hall of Fame
.
[4]
For her contributions to radio Stamberg was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, March 3, 2020.
[5]
Stamberg interviewed
Fred Rogers
several times as host of
All Things Considered
. In the 1980s, Stamberg and Rogers recorded several television specials.
[6]
Each Thanksgiving since 1971, Stamberg provides NPR listeners with her mother-in-law's recipe for a
cranberry
relish sauce that is unusual in having
horseradish
as one of its principal ingredients. Each year Stamberg comes up with a new way to present the recipe in a new way, notably sharing the dish with rapper
Coolio
in 2010.
[7]
[8]
The recipe is known as
Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Recipe
, although it was originally published in 1959 by Craig Claiborne in his food column.
[9]
One of her most memorable interviews was with
Nobel Prize
?winning economist
Milton Friedman
. Stamberg argued with Friedman over the merits of the
free market
, claiming her conversations with "Russian cabbies" on the streets of New York had shown that the expatriates preferred life in the former
Communist
country to "how dreadfully tough their lives are here (the United States)." Friedman dismissed Stamberg's observation, contending, "I'm saying if you really want to know what they really believe about the relative merits of the two systems, see what they do, not what they say. And what they do is to stay here. They don't go back."
[10]
Stamberg was also the first host of the
PBS
arts series
Alive from Off Center
, hosting from 1985 to 1986.
Personal life
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Stamberg was married to Louis C. Stamberg, who died on October 9, 2007. During a career with the
Agency for International Development
Louis Stamberg worked as a program officer and spent more than two years at the USAID mission in New Delhi.
[11]
Stamberg is the mother of actor
Josh Stamberg
. She is
Jewish
.
[12]
She is a cousin to
All Things Considered
host
Ari Shapiro
.
[13]
See also
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References
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]
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Janssen, Mike (28 November 2017).
"
'Made Possible By…' #4: NPR 'Founding Mother' Susan Stamberg"
.
Current
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
.
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"Free Expression Awards | Freedom Forum Institute"
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
.
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The biographical encyclopedia of American radio
. Sterling, Christopher H., 1943-, O'Dell, Cary, 1968-, Keith, Michael C., 1945- (Concise and rev. ed.). New York: Routledge. 2011. pp. 359?361.
ISBN
9780415995498
.
OCLC
528397631
.
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cite book
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: CS1 maint: others (
link
)
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"Stamberg urges hard news after 9/11"
.
The Wisconsin Journalist
. School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
University of Wisconsin?Madison
. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
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"Susan Stamberg"
.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
. 2020-03-16
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
.
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"Mister Rogers & Me: A Deep & Simple Documentary Film"
.
www.misterrogersandme.com
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
.
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"Coolio Samples Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish"
.
NPR.org
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
.
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"Susan Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Tradition"
.
NPR.org
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
.
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Stamberg, Susan (November 23, 2006).
"Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Recipe"
Archived
November 22, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine
.
National Public Radio
.
- ^
Chadwick, Alex; Scott, Amy. (November 16, 2006).
"Nobel-Winning Economist Milton Friedman Dies"
Archived
March 3, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
. National Public Radio.
- ^
Sullivan, Patricia (October 10, 2007)
"Obituaries"
.
The Washington Post
. p. B8.
- ^
Susan Stamberg
,
Jewish Women's Archive
.
- ^
"Obama To Graduates: Listen To Opposing Views"
.
NPR.org
. Retrieved
2020-08-02
.
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