Alex Blumberg
Encyclopedia
Alex Blumberg is an American
producer for the public radio and television versions of This American Life
.
. Since 1999 he has been a producer for the public radio show This American Life (TAL) and his stories are regularly featured on the show. Since 2007 he has been an executive producer of the television version of TAL.
Prior to TAL he worked as a freelance radio reporter, contributing to TAL, the Savvy Traveller and Chicago Public Radio. In 2008 he teamed up with NPR economics correspondent Adam Davidson to co-host the Planet Money
podcast, which posts new episodes twice weekly.
." The piece explained the highly complex chain of events that led to the subprime mortgage crisis by showcasing interviews with participants at each sector of the crisis. The episode was linked widely in the blogosphere and remains one of the show's most-downloaded podcasts.
He won first place at the 2002 Third Coast International Audio Festival for his story "Yes, There is a Baby." His story on clinical medical ethicists won the 1999 Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) award for best radio documentary. In 2009 he appeared on an April 12 Episode of NBC's Meet the Press
to talk about the financial crisis.
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producer for the public radio and television versions of This American Life
This American Life
This American Life is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass. It is distributed by Public Radio International on PRI affiliate stations and is also available as a free weekly podcast. Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays,...
.
Career
Blumberg is an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia UniversityColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. Since 1999 he has been a producer for the public radio show This American Life (TAL) and his stories are regularly featured on the show. Since 2007 he has been an executive producer of the television version of TAL.
Prior to TAL he worked as a freelance radio reporter, contributing to TAL, the Savvy Traveller and Chicago Public Radio. In 2008 he teamed up with NPR economics correspondent Adam Davidson to co-host the Planet Money
Planet Money
Planet Money is an American podcast and blog produced by NPR. The podcast launched on September 6, 2008 to cover the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 in the wake of the Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It was created after the success of "The Giant Pool of Money", an episode of...
podcast, which posts new episodes twice weekly.
Awards
Blumberg won the George Polk Award in Radio Reporting for his reporting with Adam Davidson for a May, 2008 show titled "The Giant Pool of MoneyThe Giant Pool of Money
"The Giant Pool of Money" is an episode of the radio show This American Life which originally aired on May 9, 2008. The episode described to a general audience the causes and factors which led to the subprime mortgage crisis...
." The piece explained the highly complex chain of events that led to the subprime mortgage crisis by showcasing interviews with participants at each sector of the crisis. The episode was linked widely in the blogosphere and remains one of the show's most-downloaded podcasts.
He won first place at the 2002 Third Coast International Audio Festival for his story "Yes, There is a Baby." His story on clinical medical ethicists won the 1999 Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) award for best radio documentary. In 2009 he appeared on an April 12 Episode of NBC's Meet the Press
Meet the Press
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...
to talk about the financial crisis.