Melissa Block is a famous American radio host and journalist currently working for NPR as a special correspondent and is a previous co-host of the All Things Considered news program at NPR from 2003 to August 14, 2015. She was elevated to serve for NPR as a Special Correspondent in August 2015. Her role was to series on topical issues, detailed profiles of newsworthy figures, as well as long-form stories.
In 1985 is when she came to NPR where she was first employed to work for ATC as an editorial assistant and afterward was promoted to serve as ATC’s senior producer. Before that, she worked for NPR as a correspondent and New York reporter from 1994 to 2002.
In 2001, she was awarded a George Foster Peabody Award and NPR a Peabody Award due to her coverage after the September 11 attacks. She was recording an interview in Chengdu, China in 2008, when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck China.
She provided coverage of the earthquake and she was awarded a Peabody Award, a DuPont-Columbia Award, a National Headliner Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award due to her reporting. Also, her she was awarded an Overseas Press Club Award for reporting for NPR from Kosovo in 1999.
Melissa Block Age
Melissa Block was born in the United States of America on December 28, 1961. She is
Melissa Block Height
Block stands at a moderate height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx 1.65m).
Melissa Block Family
She was born and brought up in the United States of America by her supportive parents. Her parents owned a crafts store in Old Chatham, N.Y called Handcrafters. Melissa’s uncle worked as a fiddler and leather craftsman where he made music and sandals in his Greenwich Village shop.
Melissa Block Husband
She is happily and contentedly married to her good-looking husband named Stefan Fatsis who was born on April 1, 1963. Stefan is a popular journalist and author who often appears on National Public Radio as a guest of All Things Considered daily radio news program and also on Slate as a panelist of the sports podcast Hang Up and Listen.
Prior to that, Stefan served for The Wall Street Journal as a staff reporter. Mellisa and her loving husband are blessed with a beautiful daughter named Chloe Fatsis. Nowadays, Mellisa and her adorable family reside in Washington, DC.
Melissa Block Education
Mellisa joined Harvard University where she graduated in 1983.
Melissa Block Salary
Melissa receives an annual salary of $69,992 and this is according to NPR special correspondents’/guest hosts’ salary.
Melissa Block Net Worth
Melissa has an estimated net worth of $2 million US dollars and her career as a guest host and special correspondent at NPR is the main source of her income.
Melissa Block Career
She is presently working at NPR as the guest host of news programs and a special correspondent. Previously she served as a co-host of the All Things Considered news program at NPR from 2003 to August 14, 2015. She was elevated to serve for NPR as a Special Correspondent in August 2015. Her role was to series on topical issues, detailed profiles of newsworthy figures, as well as long-form stories.
In 1985 is when she came to NPR where she was first employed to work for ATC as an editorial assistant and afterward was promoted to serve as ATC’s senior producer. Before that, she worked for NPR as a correspondent and New York reporter from 1994 to 2002.
In 2001, she was awarded a George Foster Peabody Award and NPR a Peabody Award due to her coverage after the September 11 attacks. She was recording an interview in Chengdu, China in 2008, when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck China.
She provided coverage of the earthquake and she was awarded a Peabody Award, a DuPont-Columbia Award, a National Headliner Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award due to her reporting. Also, she was awarded an Overseas Press Club Award for reporting for NPR from Kosovo in 1999.
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