Jeb Sharp
Encyclopedia
Jeb Sharp is an American
radio journalist. She is a reporter for the public radio program PRI
's The World
and host of The World's history podcast How We Got Here. She covers U.S. foreign policy and human rights as well as a wide range of other international stories. She has reported for the program from Europe
, Africa
and the Middle East
. She is best known for radio documentaries on the history of Iraq
, the history of U.S. - Iran
ian relations, the legacy of the Rwandan genocide
and how wars end. She has twice won the Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club for best radio news or interpretation of international affairs. Other honors include the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.
Some of her better-known series and reports include:
Sharp edits and maintains a blog
, detailing her work and providing a behinds the scenes look as she pursues her investigative work. She also produces a weekly podcast
called "How We Got Here" that looks at history behind contemporary news stories.
She was a Nieman Fellow
at Harvard University in 2006. Since 1938 more than 1,300 journalists from the U.S. and 88 other countries been awarded Nieman fellowships. Nieman Fellowships are awarded to "print, broadcast and online reporters, editors, photographers, producers, editorial writers and cartoonists with at least five years of full-time, professional experience in the news media."
Sharp attended the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley and began her career at KCAW
-FM in Sitka, Alaska. She has also worked at WBUR, a public radio station, in Boston, Massachusetts.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
radio journalist. She is a reporter for the public radio program PRI
Public Radio International
Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...
's The World
The World (radio program)
PRI's The World is a global news radio, audio and multi-platform program created by Public Radio International based on the program's congruence with PRI's mission, and in order to fulfill the critical need for more original global news created for and provided to Americans. This was partly a...
and host of The World's history podcast How We Got Here. She covers U.S. foreign policy and human rights as well as a wide range of other international stories. She has reported for the program from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
. She is best known for radio documentaries on the history of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, the history of U.S. - Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian relations, the legacy of the Rwandan genocide
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
and how wars end. She has twice won the Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club for best radio news or interpretation of international affairs. Other honors include the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.
Some of her better-known series and reports include:
- The Darfur Conflict
- Rape & The Congo
- The Rwanda Series
- How Wars End
- The United States and Iran
Sharp edits and maintains a blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
, detailing her work and providing a behinds the scenes look as she pursues her investigative work. She also produces a weekly podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
called "How We Got Here" that looks at history behind contemporary news stories.
She was a Nieman Fellow
Nieman Fellowship
The Nieman Fellowship is an award given to mid-career journalists by The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. This award allows winners time to reflect on their careers and focus on honing their skills....
at Harvard University in 2006. Since 1938 more than 1,300 journalists from the U.S. and 88 other countries been awarded Nieman fellowships. Nieman Fellowships are awarded to "print, broadcast and online reporters, editors, photographers, producers, editorial writers and cartoonists with at least five years of full-time, professional experience in the news media."
Sharp attended the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley and began her career at KCAW
KCAW
KCAW is a non-commercial radio station in Sitka, Alaska, on 104.7 FM, which airs public radio programming. It first went on air in 1982.-Programming:KCAW is Sitka's only public radio station and offers a wide variety of programming...
-FM in Sitka, Alaska. She has also worked at WBUR, a public radio station, in Boston, Massachusetts.