Jeremy Hobson

Jeremy Hobson
Alma mater	Boston University
Career
Show	Here and Now
Station	WBUR-FM
Network	NPR
Previous show	Marketplace Morning Report (2011–2013)

Jeremy Hobson is an American national radio journalist and podcaster. He hosts the weekly show The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.

He was a co-host, along with Robin Young and Tonya Mosley, of NPR and WBUR's Here and Now.^[1][2] He left the show in October 2020.

Education and personal life

A native of Urbana, Illinois, Hobson graduated from University High School in 1999^[3] and received his undergraduate degree from Boston University.^[4] He is the son of pianist Ian Hobson.^[5] Hobson identifies as gay, and was the first openly LGBT person to host a WBUR program.^[6]

Career

Prior to his tenure at NPR, Hobson worked at NPR member stations WCAI (Cape Cod, Massachusetts), WILL (Urbana, Illinois), and Rhode Island Public Radio, as a reporter and local show host. He has also been a producer for NPR’s All Things Considered, Day to Day and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. Hobson hosted the Marketplace Morning Report from 2011 to 2013.^[7]

References

1. Stelter, Brian (29 Mar 2013). "After 21 Years, NPR Is Ending 'Talk of the Nation'". New York Times.
2. Borchers, Callum (1 Jul 2013). "An expanded 'Here & Now' debuts nationwide on NPR". Boston Globe. Retrieved 13 Oct 2014.
3. Kramer, Melody (29 Sep 2015). "That public radio documentary you just listened to was made by high school students". The Poynter Institute.
4. Laskowski, Amy (2 Apr 2013). "NPR to Take WBUR's Here & Now National". BU Today.
5. "Urbana native Hobson to be co-host of NPR show". The News-Gazette. 23 Apr 2013.
6. "'Here & Now' co-host is stepping down". 12 October 2020.
7. Borchers, Callum (30 Mar 2013). "WBUR's 'Here & Now' getting big boost". Boston Globe.

External links

• NPR Biography