Marco Werman

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Marco Werman
NationalityAmerican
EducationDuke University (BA)
OccupationRadio personality
SpouseSchuyler Engel
Parent(s)Marjolijn deJager Werman
David S. Werman

Marco Werman is an American radio personality. He is a host, reporter and senior producer in

documentary
photography, print, radio and television.

Biography

Werman is the son of Marjolijn (née deJager)

News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.[5] He graduated from Duke University in 1983.[6] After graduation, he joined the Peace Corps where he served in Togo and Burkina Faso for three years.[6] While in Burkina Faso, he started freelancing for the BBC World Service[7] and later moved to London where he produced the BBC program, Network Africa.[5] "Radio impressed me in Africa," says Werman. "Everyone had one, broadcasts happened in many languages, and in the two coups I witnessed, the radio station was important booty: it and the electrical generator were always the first targets."[5]

In 1990, he moved back to the United States and started a new public radio station,

Monitor Radio.[5] In 1995, he was invited to assist in creating the format for The World, where he has worked since.[5] In 1997, he began producing the Global Hit segment, in which musicians and global musical trends are linked and used as a lens to understand the news.[5] This segment has also become a popular podcast
as part of the PRI News podcasts.

Werman has been the recipient of awards from the

Radio-Television News Directors Association for coverage of diversity issues.[5]

In 2006, Werman travelled to

Frontline/World.[5]

Werman is also the host and a reporter for a music series for PBS called "Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders," which he co-created with PBS producer Stephen Talbot.[5] The pilot aired in 2010. A new episode was broadcast on PBS in October 2012. He is also a presenter and interviewer for the PBS Arts online series, "Sound Tracks presents Quick Hits" where he has interviewed Jovanotti, Seu Jorge, Charles Bradley, Milos Karadaglic and Levon Helm.[9]

Werman also was a host of BBC World Service "Boston Calling", which explored how the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.[10] The last episode aired on 27 June 2020.[11]

Personal life

Werman is married to Schuyler Engel.[3] He is a lifelong surfer.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Marco Werman appointed as host of PRI's The World". Public Radio International. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Werman, Marco (August 4, 2015). "The Bomb saved my mom". The World. My mother, Marjolijn deJager, was born to a colonial Dutch family in the East Indies.
  3. ^ a b "Obituary: David S. Werman". The New York Times. June 11, 2014.
  4. ^
    PBS Frontline
    . May 2003. Well, I'm really not observant -- my mother converted to Judaism before I was born, and my father was born Jewish but not religious. I was brought up in Jewish culture, but never had a bar mitzvah
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Convocation Discusses the Significant Role of Public News Broadcasting". Carleton College News. 24 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b Shih, Carol (February 9, 2011). "Senior producer for Public Radio International to Share Peace Corps Experience". Duke Today.
  7. ^ "The World". The World from PRX. Retrieved Jan 29, 2021.
  8. ^
    Press Republican
    .
  9. ^ "Sound Tracks | PBS". Retrieved Jan 29, 2021 – via www.pbs.org.
  10. ^ "BBC World Service - Boston Calling". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  11. ^ "Boston Calling - Last call - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved Jan 29, 2021.
  12. ^ "I am Marco Werman, host of the public radio show PRI's The World. AMA : IAmA". 16 September 2014. Retrieved Jan 29, 2021.
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