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Alison Stewart
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| Born | July 4, 1966 Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
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| Education | Brown University (BA) |
| Occupation | Radio host Book author Television Personality Television Journalist |
Alison Stewart (born July 4, 1966) is an American journalist and author. She is known for her work as a news reporter and writer. Stewart first became well-known as a political reporter for MTV News in the 1990s. Today, she hosts the midday show called All of It with Alison Stewart on WNYC radio.
Early Life and Education
Alison Stewart was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Her father was a senior leader at a medicine company. Her mother taught biology at Columbia High School.
Stewart went to Brown University and earned a college degree in English. She started her career in broadcasting there. She was the music director for the school's radio station, WBRU.
Career Highlights
Starting in the 1990s
In 1988, Alison Stewart began her career as an assistant at MTV. By 1991, she joined MTV News as a producer. She helped create reports for MTV's "Choose or Lose" campaign. This campaign covered the 1992 presidential race. Her work on this campaign earned her a special honor called a Peabody Award.
Stewart also made reports for other MTV News shows. She hosted specials too, like the Real World Reunion in 1995.
After the 1996 "Choose or Lose" campaign, Stewart left MTV. She moved to CBS News in December 1996. There, she reported for several news programs. These included CBS News Sunday Morning and 48 Hours.
Into the 2000s
Stewart later moved to ABC News. She co-hosted the early morning news program, World News Now, with Anderson Cooper. She also reported for Good Morning America. She won an Emmy Award for her part in ABC News' coverage of the 9/11 attacks.
In 2003, Stewart joined MSNBC. She was a daytime anchor and often filled in as host for other shows. From 2006 to 2007, she hosted her own daytime news program, The Most with Alison Stewart.
Stewart joined NPR in 2007. She co-hosted The Bryant Park Project, a morning show for online and radio listeners. NPR ended the show in 2008 due to money reasons.
Stewart also appeared on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. She sometimes filled in as host for Talk of the Nation.
On May 7, 2010, she became a co-host of Need to Know on PBS. She left the show in 2011 to finish writing a book.
In 2011, Stewart returned to CBS News. She reported a story for 60 Minutes about college admissions tests. In 2012, she hosted the first season of the TED Radio Hour. This was a radio show and podcast from TED and NPR.
In 2013, her book First Class was published. It told the history of Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.). Magazines like Mother Jones and Essence named it one of the best books of 2013. Her second book, Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff, came out in 2016.
Stewart returned to PBS in 2016 as a special reporter. She also filled in as an anchor for NewsHour Weekend. She still contributes to PBS and The Atlantic LIVE.
In September 2018, Stewart began hosting All of It with Alison Stewart on WNYC. She also hosts a live book club event series called Get Lit With All Of It.
Works
- First Class (2013)
- Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff (2016)
