Renée Montagne
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Renée Montagne is an American radio journalist and the current co-host (with Steve Inskeep) of National Public Radio's syndicated newsmagazine, Morning Edition. She joined the show in December 2004, after serving as a correspondent and occasional host since 1989. She usually broadcasts from NPR West in Culver City, California, a Los Angeles suburb.
Born into a Marine Corps family, Montagne graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English. She got her start in radio working for Pacific News Service in San Francisco. From 1980 through 1986, Montagne worked in New York City as a freelance reporter and producer for both NPR and CBC. During this period, she covered the arts and science for NPR. She was co-host of NPR's evening newsmagazine, All Things Considered, from 1987 to 1989.
