Michele Norris
Co-Host, All Things Considered

Michele Norris, an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of experience, has joined long-time host Robert Siegel and the newly appointed Melissa Block as a regular co-host of All Things Considered, public radio's longest-running national program. Norris came to NPR from ABC News, and began hosting on December 9, 2002.

"After nine extremely rewarding years working with a dedicated and talented team of broadcasters at ABC News, I now look forward to this new and extraordinary opportunity," said Michele Norris. "As a devoted listener of All Things Considered, I have long been impressed and inspired by the show's commitment to excellence and by its gifted stable of correspondents and commentators who guide listeners on an incredible journey to new destinations and discoveries each day. It will be a privilege and an honor to join Robert and Melissa in hosting that daily conversation with NPR's committed and intellectually curious audience."

Before coming to NPR, Norris was a correspondent for ABC News, a post she held from 1993 - 2002. As a contributing correspondent for the Closer Look segments on World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Norris reported extensively on education, inner city issues, the nation's drug problem, and poverty. Norris has also reported for the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times.

A four-time Pulitzer Prize entrant, Norris has received numerous awards for her work, including the 1989 Livingston Award, the 1990 Chesapeake Associated Press News Executive's Council Editorial Contest Award for Feature Writing, and the 1990 Federal Bar Association Media Award. Norris's series on a six-year old who lived in a crack house was reprinted in the book Ourselves Among Others.

She attended the University of Wisconsin, where she majored in electrical engineering, and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where she majored in journalism. She is married with two children and lives in Washington, DC.