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Ira Flatow
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Ira Flatow (born
March 9,
1949) is a
radio and
television personality who hosts
National Public Radio's popular
Talk of the Nation - Science Friday. He is probably best known for hosting
Newton's Apple which was a
Emmy Award-winning television science program for children and young adults.
He was born in
New York City and his first experience with a television
news program was in his high school. In
1967, however, Flatow entered
college to pursue an
engineering degree.
He began working in
radio at
WBFO, in
Buffalo, New York and his first news stories covered antiwar demonstrations and
riots. Flatow's first science stories were created in
1970 during the first
Earth Day. Years later he became the news director of
WBFO.
In
1971 he was hired by the newly-formed
National Public Radio in
Washington, DC. There he covered the
environment,
health and
medicine news, and
technology stories. While at NPR, Flatow began to host the Friday edition of
Talk of the Nation which became known as
Science Friday.
From
1982 through
1987 he hosted
Newton's Apple, which originated at
KTCA in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
In addition to his work for NPR, Flatow is the president of
ScienCentral which is a company whose goal is to increase science news on television.
Honors
- National Association of Science Writers member
- Double winner of the AAAS-Westinghouse science award
External links
- Biography from NPR
- Science Friday web site
- Science Friday program on open-source software, including
Category:1949 births
Category:Living people
