| Melissa Block | |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1961 |
| Education: | Harvard University (BA) |
| Occupation: | Journalist, Radio host |
| Spouse: | Stefan Fatsis |
| Credits: | National Public Radio |
Melissa Block (born December 28, 1961) is an American radio host and journalist. She co-hosted NPR's All Things Considered news program from 2003 until August 14, 2015. In August 2015 she became a Special Correspondent for NPR, responsible for detailed profiles of newsworthy figures, and long-form stories and series on topical issues. She retired from NPR in 2023.[1]
Melissa Block was born December 28, 1961. She graduated from Radcliffe College, Harvard University and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Geneva.[2]
She began her NPR career in 1985 as an editorial assistant for All Things Considered and rose to become the show's senior producer. From 1994 to 2002, she was a New York reporter and correspondent for NPR. Her reporting after the September 11 attacks helped earn NPR a Peabody Award in 2001.[3]
In 2008, Block was recording an interview in Chengdu, China, when the area was struck by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake.[4] Her earthquake coverage earned her a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award, a National Headliner Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award. Her coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks earned NPR a George Foster Peabody Award. Also, her reporting from Kosovo in 1999 for NPR won an Overseas Press Club Award.[5]