John Hockenberry
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John Charles Hockenberry (born June 4, 1956) is an American
.Hockenberry has appeared as a presenter or moderator at many design and idea conferences around the world including the TED conference, the World Science Festival in New York and in Brisbane, the Mayo Clinic's Transform Symposium, and the Aspen Comedy Festival. He has been a Distinguished Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and serves on the White House Fellows Committee.
He is a prominent figure in the disability rights movement; Hockenberry sustained a spinal cord injury in a car crash at age 19, which left him with paraplegia from the chest down.
In late 2017, several colleagues accused Hockenberry of harassment, unwanted touching and bullying.[2][3][4]
Biography
Early life
Hockenberry was born in Dayton, Ohio,[5] and grew up in Vestal, New York and Michigan. He graduated in 1974 from East Grand Rapids High School in East Grand Rapids, Michigan.[6] In 1976, he was paralyzed while hitchhiking on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.[7] The driver of the car fell asleep and crashed, killing herself. Hockenberry's spinal cord was damaged, and he remains paralyzed without sensation or voluntary movement from the mid-chest down. At the time he was a mathematics major at the University of Chicago,[8] but after his spinal cord injury, he transferred to the University of Oregon in 1980 and studied harpsichord and piano.[9]
Journalism career
Hockenberry started his career as a volunteer for the
After leaving NPR in 1992,
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Booknotes interview with Hockenberry on Moving Violations, July 30, 1995, C-SPAN |
In 1995, Hockenberry published his memoir Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence. In 1996 he appeared off-Broadway in his one-man autobiographical play, Spoke Man.[14] From 1996 to 1997 he hosted Edgewise, an eclectic news magazine program that aired on MSNBC.[15]
In 1999, he hosted Hockenberry, a show which aired on MSNBC for six months.[16] He reported on the Kosovo War in 1999. His weekly radio commentaries aired on the nationally broadcast public radio program The Infinite Mind from 1998 to 2008. He also served as host on The DNA Files for the series airing in 1998, 2001, and 2007. He began developing The Takeaway in 2007 and hosted the show from its 2008 premiere until August 2017.[17]
Hockenberry has narrated several nonfiction projects on
He has written for
On April 2, 2008, he hosted the premiere of the series Nanotechnology: The Power of Small, discussing the impact of nanotechnology as concerns the general public.[22]
Hockenberry has appeared as presenter and moderator at numerous design and idea conferences around the nation including the Aspen Design Summit,
In a
Media criticism
In 2005 he wrote a scathing review of the Academy Award-winning film
Hockenberry wrote in the January 2008
Personal life
Hockenberry is divorced from Alison Craiglow, whom he married in 1995.[29] They have five children, including two sets of twins: Zoe, Olivia, Regan, Zachary, and Ajax.
Hockenberry was previously married to Chris Todd. The couple had no children, and divorced in 1984.[30]
Sexual harassment allegations
In December 2017, author
Works
- Hockenberry, John (1995). Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence. Hyperion. ISBN 978-0786881628.
- Hockenberry, John (2002). A River Out of Eden. Anchor, ISBN 978-0385721509.
- Hockenberry, John (October 23, 2012). climate change controversy
References
- ^ Richards, Linda L. (June 2001). Interview: John Hockenberry. January Magazine
- ^ "#MeToo Hits Home: John Hockenberry Accused of Harassment, Bullying". WNYC. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Chokshi, Niraj (December 4, 2017). "John Hockenberry, Former WNYC Radio Host, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Udoji, Adaora (December 6, 2017). "I was a co-host with John Hockenberry on WNYC. The experience was scarring". The Guardian.
- ^ Hockenberry, John (April 18, 2007). Lessons from Jack Hockenberry. Metropolis
- mlive.com
- Indianapolis Star
- ^ Cawley, Janet (February 28, 1993). Globetrotting in a wheelchair: No challenge can stop ABC's Hockenberry. Chicago Tribune
- ^ Lipton, Michael A. (June 6, 1994). Man in the Driver's Seat. People
- ^ Roberts, Roxanne (July 23, 1992).
Correspondent on Wheels; NPR's John Hockenberry, Moving to ABC. Washington Post
- ISBN 978-1-57356-108-2
- ^ Cooke, Anne Marie; Reisner, Neil H. (December 1991). The Last Minority. American Journalism Review
- ^ Cox, Ana Marie (May 1999). John Hockenberry. Mother Jones, pp. 40-43.
- ^ Mandell, Jonathan (March 3, 1996). ON A ROLL?/It may be hip to be 'crip' on stage and film, but try getting a wheel in the door, Newsday; accessed January 2, 2018.
- ^ Heffernan, Virginia (August 1997). Anatomy of a cancellation: how MSNBC's Edgewise went over the edge Archived 2005-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, Salon.com; accessed January 2, 2018.
- Washington Post; accessed January 2, 2018.
- Boston Globe; accessed January 2, 2018.
- ^ Who Cares: Chronic Illness in America via PBS
- ^ "RAM Host - John Hockenberry". www.RAMCampaign.org. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Hockenberry, John (August 2001.) The Next Brainiacs. Wired
- ISBN 978-0-8028-2478-3
- ^ Press release (March 10, 2008). New Nanotechnology Television Series Does "Sweat the Small Stuff", Nanotechnology Now (via powerofsmall.org; accessed January 2, 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Radio Host John Hockenberry Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Former Employees". The Hollywood Reporter. December 2, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Hockenberry, John (2005). "And the Loser Is..." MillionDollarBigot.org via Not Dead Yet. [1].
- ^ Jackson, Janine; Randall, Steve (March 4, 2005). John Hockenberry on Million Dollar Baby, Dahr Jamail on Iraq. Counterspin
- ISBN 978-0-8010-3592-0
- Technology Review
- ^ Gough, Paul J. (January 2, 2008). "Former "Dateline" reporter blasts NBC". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Staff report (October 22, 1995). WEDDINGS; Alison Craiglow, John Hockenberry. The New York Times
- ^ Lipton, Michael A. (June 6, 1994). "Man in the Driver's Seat". People (magazine). Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ Kim, Suki (December 1, 2017). "Public-Radio Icon John Hockenberry Accused of Harassing Female Colleagues". The Cut. New York Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ Hockenberry wasn’t terminated for sex misconduct: NYPR chief, New York Post. 5 December 2017.
- ^ Exile Harpers. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
External links
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- John Hockenberry at IMDb
- John Hockenberry biography via The Infinite Mind (LCMedia)
- John Hockenberry biography via The DNA Files
- John Hockenberry: SCI Hall of Fame » 2005 Inaugural Inductees
- Spacefacts biography of John Hockenberry
- Million Dollar Bigot – Complete Video
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- John Hockenberry at TED