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NPR is good for women. And men: Susan Stamberg and Linda Winslow in conversation

Susan Stamberg along with Linda Wertheimer, Nina Totenberg, and the late Cokie Roberts, were The Founding Mothers of National Public Radio. Susan will speak about her experiences in the early days at NPR – she joined at its inception in 1971 -- and how radio news has changed since then.

Susan, who lives in Woodley Park, was the first woman to anchor a national nightly news program and served as co-host of the award-winning All Things Considered for 14 years before hosting Weekend Edition Sunday. She has hosted series on PBS, narrated performances at symphony orchestras, and her voice appeared on Broadway in the play An American Daughter. Susan has conducted thousands of memorable interviews, and who doesn’t know about the famous cranberry relish? She has won every major award in broadcasting and is in the Broadcasting Hall of Fame and the Radio Hall of Fame. Susan remains a special correspondent for NPR, reporting on cultural issues.

Susan will be in conversation with Linda Winslow, from Cleveland Park, former executive producer of the PBS NewsHour from 2005 to 2014. Linda spent her career working for various PBS news programs. She met the legendary anchor team of Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer working on the PBS coverage of the Senate Watergate Committee hearings and later became one of the original producers of the half-hour “MacNeil/Lehrer Report.” Linda briefly left the MacNeil/Lehrer team in 1978 to become Vice President for News and Public Affairs at WETA-TV in Washington, DC. In that capacity, she sought to create programs that showcased both public television and public radio reporters. And that is how she met Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie.

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