Alison Stewart

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Alison Stewart

Alison Stewart, 2006-07-31
Born July 4, 1966 (1966-07-04) (age 41)
Birth place Glen Ridge, New Jersey
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Occupation Television Personality
Television Journalist
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Alison Stewart (born July 4, 1966 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American radio and television journalist. She is one of the hosts of the Bryant Park Project, a morning drive news program from NPR. Stewart first gained widespread visibility as a political correspondent for MTV News in the 1990s.

[edit] Career

Stewart began her broadcasting career at Brown University, where she was the music director for the school's radio station, WBRU. She went on to anchor news segments for New York City's WHTZ, host PBS' Act Against Racism campaign, and contributed to Swing magazine.

In 1991, Stewart arrived at MTV News as a segment producer when she was hired by MTV News Director Linda Corradina. She began on-air reporting during MTV's first "Choose or Lose" segments, which covered the 1992 presidential race. Her coverage earned her a Peabody Award.

Stewart remained at MTV for much of the 1990s, contributing segments to other MTV News shows including Megadose and MTV News: Unfiltered. She also hosted specials such as the Real World Reunion in 1995.

Stewart left MTV and moved to CBS News in December 1996. While there, she reported for several of the network's news programs, including CBS News Sunday Morning, 48 Hours, and Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel. This eventually lead to a stint with ABC News, where she anchored its early morning news program, World News Now; she also contributed reports to Good Morning America and 20/20 Downtown.

In 2003, Stewart switched networks once again, this time from ABC News to MSNBC where she was a daytime anchor and primary substitute host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann. She occasionally filled in as newsreader on NBC's Weekend Today. From May 2006 to April 2007, she hosted a daytime news program The Most with Alison Stewart on MSNBC. Stewart married MSNBC Vice President of Programming Bill Wolff [1] in November 2006.

Stewart joined NPR in May 2007 to host (along with Luke Burbank) a morning drive show called the Bryant Park Project, which targeted adults between ages 25 and 44.[2] The program premiered October 1, 2007.[3] While Burbank voluntarily left the program before the end of 2007, Stewart continues to anchor it alongside guest co-hosts until a permanent co-host is hired.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/fashion/weddings/05stewart.html?adxnnl=1&ref=weddings&adxnnlx=1162788007-HPmHk4LdJykn0fLUjzHeVg
  2. ^ http://www.npr.org/about/press/2007/042707.stewart.html
  3. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10364918

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