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Melissa Block As special correspondent and guest host of NPR s news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism s highest honors, and has made her one of NPR s most familiar and beloved voices. As co-host of All Things Considered from 2003 to 2015, Block s reporting took her everywhere from the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the heart of Rio de Janeiro; from rural Mozambique to the farthest reaches of Alaska. Her riveting reporting from Sichuan, China, during and after the massive earthquake in 2008 brought the tragedy home to millions of listeners around the world. At the moment the earthquake hit, Block had the presence of mind to record a gripping, real-time narration of the seismic upheaval she was witnessing. Her long-form story about a desperate couple searching in the rubble for their toddler son was singled out by judges who awarded NPR s ea

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