Michel Martin Joins NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’
• NPR announced that Michel Martin has been selected as the fourth host of Morning Edition, NPR’s morning drive news magazine carried by 840 public radio stations nationwide. Martin’s last day hosting the weekend edition of NPR’s All Things Considered will be March 12, and her first day hosting Morning Edition will be March 27, joining Steve Inskeep, Leila Fadel and A Martínez on this bi-coastal, 24-hour news operation.
“We are delighted to have Michel join the Morning Edition team — she brings a remarkable record of journalism and a unique connection with the audience,” said Eric Marrapodi, NPR’s VP for News Programming. “Michel elevates every on-air conversation she has. She brings a unique combination of empathy, understanding, toughness and journalistic rigor.”
Martin has spent more than 25 years as a journalist — first in print with major newspapers and then in television before coming to NPR in 2006 to launch Tell Me More. Since 2015, Michel has been the weekend host of All Things Considered and host of the Consider This Saturday podcast. Outside the studio, she also hosted Michel Martin: Going There, an ambitious live event series in collaboration with NPR Member stations.
Martin remarked, “When I came to NPR back in 2006 to launch Tell Me More, I came because I wanted to try something new. I wanted to see if I could take the skills I had developed in newspapers and television, covering everything from politics and policy to music and fashion, and use those skills to lift up voices and stories that didn’t always get center stage. NPR has both intimacy and reach. We all appreciate the trust the audience places in us. I’ve always wanted to work on a morning show, and I am so excited to work with Steve, Leila, and A to be a part of the great legacy of this program.” [Photo: Steve Voss / NPR]
