Alison Stewart

Background

Stewart was born in the New York City suburb of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and is the daughter of a pharmaceutical company executive and a high school science teacher.

Education

Stewart attended where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American literature. She began her broadcasting career there, where she was the music director for the school"s radio station, WBRU.

Career

She was one of the hosts of the Bryant Park Project, a morning drive news program from National Public Radio. Stewart first gained widespread visibility as a political correspondent for Music Television News in the 1990s. WHTZ and Public Broadcasting Service Stewart anchored news segments for New York City"s WHTZ, host Public Broadcasting Service"s Acting Against Racism campaign, and contributed to Swing magazine. 1991-1995: Music Television In 1991, Stewart arrived at Music Television News as a segment producer when she was hired by Music Television News Director Linda Corradina.

She began on-air reporting during Music Television"s first "Choose or Lose" segments, which covered the 1992 presidential race.

Stewart remained at Music Television for much of the 1990s, contributing segments to other Music Television News shows including Megadose and Music Television News: Unfiltered. She also hosted specials including the Real World Reunion in 1995.

1996: Columbia Broadcasting System News Stewart left Music Television and moved to Columbia Broadcasting System News in December 1996. While there, she reported for several of the network"s news programs, including Columbia Broadcasting System News Sunday Morning, 48 Hours, and Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel.

2003: American Broadcasting Company News Moving to American Broadcasting Company News, she co-anchored its early morning news program, World News Now with Anderson Cooper, and also contributed reports to Good Morning America and 20/20 Downtown.

2003-2007: Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company and Olbermann In 2003, Stewart moved from American Broadcasting Company News to Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company where she was a daytime anchor and primary substitute host for Countdown with Keith Olbermann. She occasionally filled in as newsreader on National Broadcasting Company"s Weekend Today. From May 2006 to April 2007, she hosted a daytime news program The Most with Alison Stewart on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company. Stewart married Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company Vice President of Programming Bill Wolff in November 2006.

2007 to 2010: National Public Radio and The Bryant Park Project Stewart joined National Public Radio in May 2007 to host (along with Luke Burbank) a morning drive show called The Bryant Park Project, which targeted adults between ages 25 and 44.

The program premiered October 1, 2007 and was canceled effective Friday, July 25, 2008. Stewart returned from maternity leave to host the show"s last week, starting Monday, July 21, 2008.

Stewart served as a panelist on National Public Radio"s Wait Wait… Don"t Tell Maine! on August 2, 2008. She appeared again on August 31, 2008 and October 11, 2008.

She has served as fill in host of National Public Radio"s Talk of the Nation and as primary substitute host of Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company"s The Rachel Maddow Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

2010-2011: Need to Know On May 7, 2010 she became the co-host of the new show Need to Know on Public Broadcasting Service. She left the show on September 9, 2011. In her departure announcement she said she would be finishing a book she had "been working on for years." 2011-present: back to Columbia Broadcasting System In late 2011, Stewart went back to Columbia Broadcasting System News. Her debut as a 60 Minutes correspondent took place on January 1, 2012.

In 2012, she hosted “TED Radio Hour,” a radio program (with podcast) produced by TED and National Public Radio. In 2013, her book First Class, a history of Dunbar High School (Washington, District of Columbia), was published.

Achievements

• Her coverage earned her a Peabody Award.