Jeremy Hobson

Jeremy Hobson is an American national radio journalist. He had been the co-host of NPR and WBUR’s Here and Now. He co-hosted the show, along with Robin Young and Tonya Mosley.[1][2] He left the show in October of 2020.

Jeremy Hobson
Alma materBoston University
Career
ShowHere and Now
Station(s)WBUR-FM
NetworkNPR
Previous show(s)Marketplace Morning Report (2011-2013)

Education and personal life

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

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
  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. https://current.org/2020/10/here-now-co-host-is-stepping-down/
  7. Borchers, Callum (30 Mar 2013). "WBUR's 'Here & Now' getting big boost". Boston Globe.


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