Is Alison Stewart leaving MSNBC?

[Sydnie]

When she just signed off of Countdown (she's covering for Keoith this week), she said "Until we meet again" and then gave this blog address - http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/index.html

Is she leaving MSNBC for NPR? :shrug:

[orleans]

1. yes, actually i thought she had already gone and they just brought

her back to sub for keith.

i know. that's too bad.

[shireen]

2. npr is richer to have her

a good move for Stewart, she's moving to a news organization that has a little less less credibility than others, one of the last places to get some real news. I'll miss her subbing for Keith, she was the best of them all.

[Sydnie]

3. I agree

I will miss her terribly in that role.

[janetblond]

4. Sad to see her go ...

But if she wants to do "real" news and truthful journalism, I guess she had to move on.
Honestly, I don't know how some of those newscasters can stand themselves knowing full well they're broadcasting lies.

[Sydnie]

8. I don't know how much real news it's going to have

this is the blurb from the blog I linked to -

We're developing a new morning news program that's conversational and spontaneous—a show that lives on podcasts, video and online as well as on the radio. This blog is where we experiment.



Seems more like it might be Countdown of NPR to me ... a smorgasbord!

[bliss_eternal]

5. Well, at least no one will comment on her hair...

anymore. :eyes:

On edit--here's a link to the article I referenced when I posted this comment.

http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlcolumns/articles.php?id=15532

Snipped from article:

In mid-March, MSNBC reporter Alison Stewart received an e-mail from a viewer. The message wasn't about the Emmy-award winning journalist's abilities, but rather her signature dark ringlets.

"I'd like to see Alison with a lot less hair," said the e-mail.

That day, Stewart read that e-mail on the air. Her public response: "My mother always told me to worry about what's in my head, not what's on it."

In an industry where conformity is the rule, Stewart's willingness to stray from the norm has made her a positive role model for curly women everywhere. The e-mails she receives most often are from fellow curlies looking for advice, and she always writes back.


Good for her for ignoring it all. I hope she finds much success in her new endeavors. I've always liked her, and enjoy her work.

[Poiuyt]

9. Donald Trump, Ted Koppel, and Poiuyt have all been criticized about their hair

It's not just women.

[bliss_eternal]

10. Um...of those that you named...

...how many are actual broadcasters? (I know the answer).

My point is this is a small number of men, compared to the comments routinely made about women's appearances no matter what line of work they are in.

But thanks for sharing. :)

[Tinksrival]

6. AWWW

I really like Alison sitting in for Keith :( (She doesn't even mention countdown in her NPR bio)..........

NPR People
Alison Stewart, NPR Biography

Host

Many Generation Xers know Alison Stewart from her days on MTV as a pioneer of the network's critically acclaimed and influential "Choose or Lose" coverage of the 1992 and 1996 Presidential elections. Today, Stewart is an accomplished, award-winning broadcast journalist with credentials form CBS News, ABC News, and most recently NBC News, from where she joins NPR as co-host of the upcoming 24-hour multimedia news service and morning drive show geared to Adults 25-44.

In 2003, Stewart joined NBC News, where she most recently hosted the daily news program "The Most" on MSNBC, which looked at the day's most important news on-air and online. She also served as newsreader/substitute anchor for NBC's "Weekend Today" and contributor to "Today." At MSNBC she anchored coverage of such breaking news events as Hurricane Katrina, the Hezbollah/Israel conflict and the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy.

Other assignments for the network included anchoring breaking national and international news, contributing to well-known programs, and substitute hosting other news programs. At CBS News, she reported for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours." She subsequently joined ABC News as anchor of its daily early morning news program, "World News Now," and was a contributor to "20/20 Downtown" and "Good Morning America." She was part of the network's team that won an Emmy for its coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

At MTV as a producer and political reporter for the Peabody Award-winning MTV "Choose or Lose" campaign, Stewart chased young voters to give them a voice in the country's election process and helped create a national dialogue for political awareness and participation in what turned out to be the largest turnout among young voters since 1972. In addition to her political reporting duties, Stewart anchored several MTV News programs including "MTV News: Unfiltered" and "Megadose", the channel's alternative health program.

Stewart's new role at NPR is a radio homecoming for her. While a student at Brown University, she was music director for WBRU Radio, the nation's largest commercial college radio station, and anchored news for music station WHTZ Radio New York. Stewart and her husband live in New York City.

[sallyseven]

7. I liked her and told MSNBC that many times.

She didn't appear to be a fake twinkie like some others, (tucker comes to mind.) I will miss her,.

[Redstone]

11. I'll follow her wherever she goes. She's a peach.

Redstone

[Berry Cool]

12. I don't think she's going anywhere. She's been at NPR a while and also the Sundance Channel

and continues to work for NBC. I don't think they have wanted to let her go.