Terry Gross
Summary
Terry Gross (born 1951) is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio. Gross has won praise over the years for her low-key and friendly yet often probing interview style and for the diversity of her guests. She has a reputation for researching her guests' entire lives and asking them about lesser known aspects of their early careers.Gross grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English and a Master's in communications from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Talk | Terry Gross: Can ‘Fresh Air’ Kill Plants?
Terry Gross on speed-reading, her sexual orientation and Howard Stern’s genius.
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5 ways journalists can overcome shyness during interviews
When I was a kid, I was the walking definition of “painfully shy. ” I was so shy, I couldn’t read out loud when teachers called on me, even though I could read at a higher grade level than my classmates. … Read more.
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Meet the most popular woman at NPR’s Fresh Air (and it’s not Terry Gross)
Terry Gross knows radio. Her 45-minute interviews with newsmakers and cultural icons are great radio. WHYY’s Fresh Air, which turns 25 this year, reaches about 5 million listeners per week on NPR.
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Anthony Shadid, a New York Times Reporter, Dies in Syria
Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning journalist, was reporting inside Syria when he suffered a fatal asthma attack.
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Romenesko Gets His Mojo Back After Leaving Poynter
Jim Romenesko is having a good time. Lately, the "journalism evangelist," "KING of the blogosphere," and "go-to source for news about the news" has been waking up earlier, posting more often, and featuring content he had not felt free to publish for more than a decade.
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WATCH: NPR's Terry Gross Jokes About Bill O'Reily With Stephen Colbert
NPR's Terry Gross appeared on Wednesday's "Colbert Report" to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her show "Fresh Air. ".
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The newsonomics of tomorrow
Feeling a little stressed about tomorrow? Given the stress of company budgeting, the stress of wider economies turned upside down, the stress of stress itself (Time helpfully chirped in this week with an “Anxiety: Why It’s Good for You” cover this week), many media tomorrows have turned out to be less fun than the days preceding them.
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Univision Tells DAR.fm to Cease and Desist
Univision has accused Michael Robertson’s DAR. fm of infringing copyright and has demanded that all of its stations be removed and permanently blocked from the radio time-shifting service. Univision particularly objects to DAR. fm’s premium subscribers having the ability to permanently keep recordings they’ve made using the service.
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McGinniss attacks media over alleged snubs
Joe McGinniss attacked what he called the mainstream media “herd animal” on Sunday, accusing TV and radio outlets of avoiding coverage of his book, “The Rogue: Searching for Sarah Palin. ” Even before its Sept 20. release, “The Rogue” was put through the media wringer, earning lackluster reviews and drawing scrutiny for containing anonymously sourced anecdotes about the former Alaska governor, including claims of drug use and the red-hot story of her long-ago romance with a former NBA player.
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Why Brad Pitt dropped out of Missouri journalism school
NPR. org | The Maneater On Thursday’s “Fresh Air” show, Brad Pitt talked with host Terry Gross about his days at the University of Missouri journalism school: TG: You studied journalism in college. What did you expect.
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