1. David A Brancaccio is an American radio and television journalist.
18 Facts About David Brancaccio
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David Brancaccio is the host of the public radio business program Marketplace Morning Report and the PBS newsmagazine Now.
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David Brancaccio's father is Italian American and his mother is Ashkenazi Jewish American.
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David Brancaccio began his career in broadcasting on WTVL radio in 1976 at the age of fifteen.
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David Brancaccio received a Bachelor of Arts in African Studies and History from Wesleyan University in 1982 and a master's in journalism from Stanford University in 1988.
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David Brancaccio traveled widely, spending his fourth grade in Rome, his ninth grade in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar and his senior year in college in Legon, Ghana.
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In 1989, David Brancaccio began contributing to the public radio program Marketplace.
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David Brancaccio was first named as the program's European editor based in London.
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David Brancaccio became senior editor and host of Marketplace in 1993.
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From London, David Brancaccio contributed diplomatic and feature coverage for the radio service of the Christian Science Monitor.
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David Brancaccio anchored the television newsmagazine, California Connected, that aired on many Californian PBS stations, from 2002 to 2003.
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In 2003, David Brancaccio left Marketplace to join Bill Moyers on Now.
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David Brancaccio was co-host for over a year prior to Moyers' retirement at the end of 2004.
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In 2007, David Brancaccio won a national Emmy for coverage of a public health story in Kenya.
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David Brancaccio holds the David Brower award for Environmental Coverage from the Sierra Club.
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In 2005, David Brancaccio conducted the last, long-form television interview with the legendary author Kurt Vonnegut.
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David Brancaccio is a contributor to several broadcast, electronic, and print media, including CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Nightly Business Report, Wall Street Week with Fortune, The Baltimore Sun and Psychology Today.
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David Brancaccio is host and senior editor of the popular business program The Marketplace Morning Report from 6:51 am Eastern to 7:51 am Pacific on public radio stations nationwide.