Noah Adams
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Noah Adams is an American broadcast journalist and author, known primarily since 1987 from National Public Radio.
Career
A former co-host of the daily All Things Considered program, Adams is currentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". the contributing correspondent at the network's National Desk. His books tend to document a full year in his life, specifically as that year relates to a particular passion or research project. He wrote and narrated a documentary called Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown in 1981, which earned him the Prix Italia, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and the Major Armstrong Award.
Adams was the host of the nationally syndicated Minnesota Public Radio variety show Good Evening, created in 1987 to replace A Prairie Home Companion after that show left the air. [1] Good Evening ran for less than a year before being canceled; A Prairie Home Companion returned after a several-year hiatus.
Personal life
Adams was born in Ashland, Kentucky. He is married to Neenah Ellis, and they live in Yellow Springs, Ohio.[2]
Bibliography
- Saint Croix Notes: River Mornings, Radio Nights (1990)—A collection of Adams' essays.
- Noah Adams on "All Things Considered": A Radio Journal (1992; Template:ISBN)—Follows his work for NPR during the volatile news year of June 4, 1989 to June 4, 1990.
- Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures (1997; Template:ISBN)—Documents his struggles and musings on learning how to play the piano at age 51.
- Far Appalachia: Following the New River North (2001; Template:ISBN)—Adams explores and researches the New River, in a journey from North Carolina to West Virginia.
- The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright (2003; Template:ISBN)—Adams narrates the history of the Wright brothers' early aviation years by visiting the sites where history had been made.
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- American essayists
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- People from Ashland, Kentucky
- People from Yellow Springs, Ohio
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- Radio personalities from Kentucky
- Journalists from Ohio