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Jeremy Hobson

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Jeremy Hobson
Alma materBoston University
Career
ShowHere and Now
StationWBUR-FM
NetworkNPR
Previous showMarketplace Morning Report (2011–2013)

Jeremy Hobson is an American national radio journalist and podcaster. He hosts the weekly show The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.

He was a co-host, along with Robin Young and Tonya Mosley, of NPR and WBUR's Here and Now.[1][2] He left the show in October 2020.

Education and personal life

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A native of Urbana, Illinois, Hobson graduated from University High School in 1999[3] and received his undergraduate degree from Boston University.[4] He is the son of pianist Ian Hobson.[5] Hobson identifies as gay, and was the first openly LGBT person to host a WBUR program.[6]

Career

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Prior to his tenure at NPR, Hobson worked at NPR member stations WCAI (Cape Cod, Massachusetts), WILL (Urbana, Illinois), and Rhode Island Public Radio, as a reporter and local show host. He has also been a producer for NPR’s All Things Considered, Day to Day and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. Hobson hosted the Marketplace Morning Report from 2011 to 2013.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Stelter, Brian (29 Mar 2013). "After 21 Years, NPR Is Ending 'Talk of the Nation'". New York Times.
  2. ^ Borchers, Callum (1 Jul 2013). "An expanded 'Here & Now' debuts nationwide on NPR". Boston Globe. Retrieved 13 Oct 2014.
  3. ^ Kramer, Melody (29 Sep 2015). "That public radio documentary you just listened to was made by high school students". The Poynter Institute.
  4. ^ Laskowski, Amy (2 Apr 2013). "NPR to Take WBUR's Here & Now National". BU Today.
  5. ^ "Urbana native Hobson to be co-host of NPR show". The News-Gazette. 23 Apr 2013.
  6. ^ "'Here & Now' co-host is stepping down". 12 October 2020.
  7. ^ Borchers, Callum (30 Mar 2013). "WBUR's 'Here & Now' getting big boost". Boston Globe.
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