David Brancaccio

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David A. Brancaccio (b. May 17, 1960, Waterville, Maine) is an American journalist.

Brancaccio's career as a journalist includes his current role as the host of the long-running PBS newsmagazine NOW.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

David Brancaccio grew up in Oakland, Maine. His father is Italian American and his mother is Ashkenazi Jewish American.[1] He began his career in public broadcasting in 1973. He received a B.A. in African Studies and History from Wesleyan University in 1982 and a master's in journalism from Stanford University in 1988.

In 1989, Brancaccio began contributing to the PRI program Marketplace. He was soon named as the program's European editor. Brancaccio became Marketplace's host and senior editor in 1993. Under Brancaccio's direction the program received the Dupont-Columbia Award (1998) and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award (2001).

In addition, he anchored California Connected, a television newsmagazine that airs on many Californian PBS stations, from 2002 to 2003.

[edit] Hosting "NOW"

In 2003 Brancaccio left Marketplace, to join Moyers on NOW. Brancaccio was co-host for over a year prior to Moyers' retirement at the end of 2004. On his last NOW broadcast, Bill Moyers had this to say about Brancaccio:

I asked David to join me over a year ago because I wanted my successor to have grown up, as it were, in public broadcasting, an independent journalist, believing our job is to sift through the untidy realities, weigh the competing claims, and offer to you our considered approximation of what's really going on.

[edit] Other works

Brancaccio has contributed to many other broadcast, electronic, and print media, including CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Alternet and Psychology Today.

He has also has written the book Squandering Aimlessly (Simon & Schuster, 2000; Touchstone, 2001), which documents the spending habits of a diverse cross-section of Americans.

[edit] Family

He is based in New Jersey, where he lives with his wife and three children.

Preceded by
Jim Angle		 Host of Marketplace
1993–2003		 Succeeded by
David Brown
Preceded by
Bill Moyers		 Host of NOW
2005–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

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