John Hockenberry
DC, US
"Dateline NBC" correspondent, author of "Moving Violations," and advocate for the disabled
John Hockenberry joined NBC as a correspondent for "Dateline NBC" in January 1996 after a fifteen-year career in broadcast news at both National Public Radio and ABC News. Hockenberry's reporting for "Dateline NBC" earned him an Emmy and much critical acclaim. His most prominent "Dateline NBC" reports include an hour-long documentary on the lives of three former AT&T employees affected by the company's massive layoffs; a hidden-camera investigation which confronted the discrimination facing the disabled community; and his extensive coverage for "Dateline NBC" after Princess Diana died. Hockenberry is also the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence," his memoir of life as a foreign correspondent. In 1996, Hockenberry performed "Spokeman," the one-man, off-Broadway show, based on his book. He has also written for "The New York Times," "The New Yorker," "I.D.," "The Columbia Journalism Review," "Details," and "The Washington Post." Previously, Hockenberry served as a correspondent for the ABC newsmagazine, "Day One" (1993-95), where he contributed on a wide range of stories, including investigative pieces on NASA and a scientific controversy on AIDS, as well as an interview with controversial Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Prior to that, Hockenberry spent more than a decade with NPR as a general assignment reporter, Middle East correspondent and host of several programs. During the Persian Gulf War (1990-91), Hockenberry was assigned to the Middle East, where he filed reports from Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. He was one of the first Western broadcast journalists to report from Kurdish refugee camps in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. Hockenberry also spent two years (1988-90) as a correspondent based in Jerusalem during the most intensive conflict of the Palestine uprising. Hockenberry received the Columbia Dupont Award for Foreign News Coverage for his reporting on the Gulf War, and an Emmy for his television work. In 1987, Hockenberry joined NPR where he won his first Peabody Award, while hosting NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday," for a profile of a young man permanently injured during a drive-by shooting. He received his second Peabody Award in 1990, for his work on "Heat," a daily, two-hour public affairs program Hockenberry helped create, co-produce and host. Hockenberry's broadcasting honors also include the 1984 and 1985 Champion Tuck Business Reporting Awards, the 1985 Benton Fellowship in Broadcast Journalism, and the 1987 Unity in Media Award. He was named one of forty "Journalist in Space" semifinalists in 1986. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Hockenberry grew up in upstate New York and Michigan, and attended both the University of Chicago and the University of Oregon. MOST REQUESTED PROGRAMS Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence
John Hockenberry joined NBC as a correspondent for "Dateline NBC" in January 1996 after a fifteen-year career in broadcast news at both National Public Radio and ABC News. Hockenberry's reporting for "Dateline NBC" earned him an Emmy and much critical acclaim. His most prominent "Dateline NBC" reports include an hour-long documentary on the lives of three former AT&T employees affected by the company's massive layoffs; a hidden-camera investigation which confronted the discrimination facing the disabled community; and his extensive coverage for "Dateline NBC" after Princess Diana died. Hockenberry is also the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence," his memoir of life as a foreign correspondent. In 1996, Hockenberry performed "Spokeman," the one-man, off-Broadway show, based on his book. He has also written for "The New York Times," "The New Yorker," "I.D.," "The Columbia Journalism Review," "Details," and "The Washington Post." Previously, Hockenberry served as a correspondent for the ABC newsmagazine, "Day One" (1993-95), where he contributed on a wide range of stories, including investigative pieces on NASA and a scientific controversy on AIDS, as well as an interview with controversial Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Prior to that, Hockenberry spent more than a decade with NPR as a general assignment reporter, Middle East correspondent and host of several programs. During the Persian Gulf War (1990-91), Hockenberry was assigned to the Middle East, where he filed reports from Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. He was one of the first Western broadcast journalists to report from Kurdish refugee camps in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. Hockenberry also spent two years (1988-90) as a correspondent based in Jerusalem during the most intensive conflict of the Palestine uprising. Hockenberry received the Columbia Dupont Award for Foreign News Coverage for his reporting on the Gulf War, and an Emmy for his television work. In 1987, Hockenberry joined NPR where he won his first Peabody Award, while hosting NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday," for a profile of a young man permanently injured during a drive-by shooting. He received his second Peabody Award in 1990, for his work on "Heat," a daily, two-hour public affairs program Hockenberry helped create, co-produce and host. Hockenberry's broadcasting honors also include the 1984 and 1985 Champion Tuck Business Reporting Awards, the 1985 Benton Fellowship in Broadcast Journalism, and the 1987 Unity in Media Award. He was named one of forty "Journalist in Space" semifinalists in 1986. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Hockenberry grew up in upstate New York and Michigan, and attended both the University of Chicago and the University of Oregon. MOST REQUESTED PROGRAMS Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence
2010