Sarah Koenig

Sarah Koenig

Sarah Koenig gives a talk in 2015
Born Sarah Augusta Koenig
July 1969
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Chicago
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Public radio personality
  • Staff producer of the television and radio program This American Life
Known for Host and executive producer of Serial
Religion Judaism
Spouse(s) Ben Schreier (2 children)
Awards
  • Peabody award
  • Scripps-Howard award
  • Lowell Thomas Overseas Press Club award[1]
  • Women's Press Club of New York award[2]

Sarah Koenig (/ˈkeɪnɪɡ/; born July 1969)[3] is an American journalist, public radio personality, staff producer of the television and radio program This American Life,[4] and the host and executive producer of the acclaimed podcast Serial.[5]

Career

Koenig graduated from the University of Chicago in 1990 and later began working as a reporter at The East Hampton Star.[6] Then she worked in Russia as a reporter for ABC News and later for The New York Times.[7] She covered the State House (politics) for the Concord Monitor and later for the Baltimore Sun.[2]

She began working as a producer for This American Life in January 2004.[7] She co-produced the 2006 Peabody award winning episode of This American Life entitled "Habeas Schmabeas."[8]

In 2013, she began work on a spinoff podcast of the This American Life radio program entitled Serial. It debuted in October 2014 and was the number one podcast on iTunes when it was released.[9]

TIME magazine named Koenig one of "The 100 Most Influential People" on April 16, 2015.[10]

Personal life

Koenig is the daughter of renowned advertising copywriter Julian Koenig and Maria (Eckhart) Matthiessen. Her stepfather was novelist Peter Matthiessen.

Koenig attended Concord Academy.[11] She lives in State College, Pennsylvania,[12] with her husband, Ben Schreier, an associate professor of English and Jewish studies at Penn State,[12] and their two children.

References

  1. ↑ "The Lowell Thomas Award 2005". Overseas Press Club of America. 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "OFF OFF Campus | Sarah Koenig". OFF OFF Campus. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "383: Origin Story Transcript". This American Life from WBEZ. 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Radio Archive by Contributor | Sarah Koenig". This American Life from WBEZ. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "SERIAL | About". SERIAL. Chicago Public Media & Ira Glass. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Non-Cook of the Month - Sarah Koenig". Picky Grouchy Non-Cook. May 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Staff | This American Life". This American Life. Chicago Public Media & Ira Glass. 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "This American Life | Habeas-Schmabeas". This American Life from WBEZ. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Locker, Melissa (30 October 2014). "Serial: Sarah Koening On the Addictive New Podcast from This American Life". TIME. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "The 100 Most Influential People". Time Magazine. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Koenig Hosting New Podcast". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sellers, Caitlin (16 February 2009). "Radio show offers glimpse of professors' love story". The Daily Collegian. The Daily Collegian, State College, PA. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

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