Marco Werman is a host, reporter and senior producer in public radio.
10 Facts About Marco Werman
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Marco Werman took over as full-time host of the program on January 1,2013 after years as fill-in host and producer of the Global Hit music segment.
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Marco Werman's mother was of Dutch descent and his father was Jewish.
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Marco Werman's mother converted to Judaism and he states he was raised in Jewish culture but not religious.
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Marco Werman has been working in journalism since he was 16 when he worked as a copy boy at the News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Marco Werman has been the recipient of awards from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for an original radio drama that he wrote; the Sony Awards for an expose on child labor in West African gold mines; from the New York Festivals for a BBC documentary on the 1987 assassination of Burkina Faso's president; and the first annual Unity award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for coverage of diversity issues.
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In 2006, Marco Werman travelled to Libya, soon after Muammar al-Gaddafi renounced weapons of mass destruction, to film a documentary about the total solar eclipse that brought thousands of tourists to Libya.
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Marco Werman is 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.
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Marco Werman is 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.
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Marco Werman 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.