Susan Stamberg
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Susan Stamberg is an American
radio journalist who is currently a Special Correspondent for National Public Radio and guest host for Weekend Edition Saturday
.
Stamberg was born in Newark, New Jersey
. She became the first woman to be a full-time anchor
of a national nightly news broadcast in the United States
when she became one of the first hosts of All Things Considered
. Beginning in 1972, Stamberg served as co-host of the evening news magazine for 14 years. She was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB)
. In 1994, Stamberg was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, and later into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1996.
Each Thanksgiving since 1971, Stamberg provides NPR listeners with her mother-in-law's recipe for a cranberry
relish sauce that is unusual in having horseradish
as one of its principal ingredients. The recipe is known as Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Recipe.
One of her most memorable interviews was with Nobel Prize
–winning economist Milton Friedman
. Stamberg argued with Friedman over the merits of the free market
, claiming her conversations with "Russian cabbies" on the streets of New York had showed that the expatriates preferred life in the former Communist
country to "how dreadfully tough their lives are here (the United States)." Friedman dismissed Stamberg's observation, contending, "I'm saying if you really want to know what they really believe about the relative merits of the two systems, see what they do, not what they say. And what they do is to stay here. They don't go back."
Stamberg was married to Louis C. Stamberg, who died on October 9, 2007. During his career with the Agency for International Development
he worked as a program officer and spent more than two years at the USAID mission in New Delhi. They have one son, Josh Stamberg
, an actor.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
radio journalist who is currently a Special Correspondent for National Public Radio and guest host for Weekend Edition Saturday
Weekend Edition
Weekend Edition is the name given to a set of American radio news magazines produced and distributed by National Public Radio . It is the weekend counterpart to Morning Edition. It consists of Weekend Edition Saturday and Weekend Edition Sunday , each of which airs for two hours, from 8 a.m. to 10...
.
Stamberg was born in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. She became the first woman to be a full-time anchor
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
of a national nightly news broadcast in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
when she became one of the first hosts of All Things Considered
All Things Considered
All Things Considered is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio. It was the first news program on NPR, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets...
. Beginning in 1972, Stamberg served as co-host of the evening news magazine for 14 years. She was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB)
Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB)
The Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio is a journalism award given by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting annually since 1997.-Recipients:* 1977, Burton D. Harrison* 1978, Donald R. Quayle* 1979, Albert L. Hulsen...
. In 1994, Stamberg was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, and later into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1996.
Each Thanksgiving since 1971, Stamberg provides NPR listeners with her mother-in-law's recipe for a cranberry
Cranberry
Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In some methods of classification, Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right...
relish sauce that is unusual in having horseradish
Horseradish
Horseradish is a perennial plant of the Brassicaceae family, which also includes mustard, wasabi, broccoli, and cabbages. The plant is probably native to south eastern Europe and the Arab World , but is popular around the world today...
as one of its principal ingredients. The recipe is known as Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish Recipe.
One of her most memorable interviews was with Nobel Prize
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, but officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , is an award for outstanding contributions to the field of economics, generally regarded as one of the...
–winning economist Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman was an American economist, statistician, academic, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades...
. Stamberg argued with Friedman over the merits of the free market
Free market
A free market is a competitive market where prices are determined by supply and demand. However, the term is also commonly used for markets in which economic intervention and regulation by the state is limited to tax collection, and enforcement of private ownership and contracts...
, claiming her conversations with "Russian cabbies" on the streets of New York had showed that the expatriates preferred life in the former Communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
country to "how dreadfully tough their lives are here (the United States)." Friedman dismissed Stamberg's observation, contending, "I'm saying if you really want to know what they really believe about the relative merits of the two systems, see what they do, not what they say. And what they do is to stay here. They don't go back."
Stamberg was married to Louis C. Stamberg, who died on October 9, 2007. During his career with the Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...
he worked as a program officer and spent more than two years at the USAID mission in New Delhi. They have one son, Josh Stamberg
Josh Stamberg
Joshua Collins "Josh" Stamberg is an American actor.Stamberg was born in Washington, D.C., the son of journalist Susan Stamberg and Louis C. Stamberg, a retired State Department employee...
, an actor.