Adam Hochberg
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Adam Hochberg is a radio correspondent for National Public Radio based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Hochberg reports on a broad range of issues in the Southeast. Since he joined NPR
in 1995, Hochberg has traveled the region extensively, reporting on its changing economy, demographics, culture, and politics. He covered the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, followed candidates in three Presidential elections, and reported on more than a dozen hurricanes. He's also appeared as a guest on the popular NPR program Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!.
Before joining NPR, Hochberg worked as a freelance journalist in North Carolina. He was a regular contributor to NPR
, CBS Radio
, North Carolina Public Radio
, and North Carolina's statewide public television network. Prior to that, he served as assistant news director at WPTF
Radio in Raleigh and as a reporter at WCHL (AM) Radio in Chapel Hill.
Five times, Hochberg has been named "North Carolina Radio Journalist of the Year" by the Radio-Television News Directors Association. His numerous other journalism awards include two Ohio State Awards, an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award Regional Award, and a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Public Radio Program Award.
Hochberg is active in journalism education. He's taught in the Duke University
Continuing Education program and served on the Board of Directors for the University of North Carolina
Journalism Alumni and Friends Association. He also has taught communication classes at Peace College
in Raleigh.
A native of Chicago, Hochberg received his master's degree in 1986 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
. He graduated from the Ohio University
Honors Tutorial College
in 1985. He and his wife Heidi live in Chapel Hill.
Adam Hochberg is the younger brother of PBS
NewsHour
correspondent Lee Hochberg and Scott Hochberg
, a member of the Texas House of Representatives
representing District 137 in southwest Houston.
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
in 1995, Hochberg has traveled the region extensively, reporting on its changing economy, demographics, culture, and politics. He covered the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, followed candidates in three Presidential elections, and reported on more than a dozen hurricanes. He's also appeared as a guest on the popular NPR program Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!.
Before joining NPR, Hochberg worked as a freelance journalist in North Carolina. He was a regular contributor to NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, CBS Radio
CBS Radio
CBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country...
, North Carolina Public Radio
North Carolina Public Radio
North Carolina Public Radio is a public radio network based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It broadcasts NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, and BBC programming in an "all-news-and-information" format...
, and North Carolina's statewide public television network. Prior to that, he served as assistant news director at WPTF
WPTF
WPTF, NewsRadio 680, is a talk radio station serving the Triangle area of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The station is owned by Curtis Media Group...
Radio in Raleigh and as a reporter at WCHL (AM) Radio in Chapel Hill.
Five times, Hochberg has been named "North Carolina Radio Journalist of the Year" by the Radio-Television News Directors Association. His numerous other journalism awards include two Ohio State Awards, an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award Regional Award, and a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Public Radio Program Award.
Hochberg is active in journalism education. He's taught in the Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
Continuing Education program and served on the Board of Directors for the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
Journalism Alumni and Friends Association. He also has taught communication classes at Peace College
Peace College
William Peace University is a small liberal arts college located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian church.-History:...
in Raleigh.
A native of Chicago, Hochberg received his master's degree in 1986 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. He graduated from the Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
Honors Tutorial College
Honors Tutorial College
The Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio is the only degree-granting tutorial program in the United States. The tutorial program is modeled after Oxford and Cambridge universities in England, and is centered on the tutorial, in which students meet individually with a professor...
in 1985. He and his wife Heidi live in Chapel Hill.
Adam Hochberg is the younger brother of PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
NewsHour
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
PBS NewsHour is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. The show is produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, a company co-owned by former anchors Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil, and Liberty Media, which owns a 65% stake in the...
correspondent Lee Hochberg and Scott Hochberg
Scott Hochberg
Scott Hochberg is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives representing District 137 in southwest Houston. The district includes Gulfton, Sharpstown, Briarmeadow, Shenandoah, Piney Point, and nearby communities....
, a member of the Texas House of Representatives
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...
representing District 137 in southwest Houston.