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Jeb Sharp is an American radio journalist. She is an editor and correspondent for Public Radio International's program The World . [1] She won the Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club for best radio news or interpretation of international affairs in 2003 [2] and in 2008. [3] Other honors include the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists [4] and the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma in 2009. [5] Sharp was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 2006 [6] and she was awarded a residency at Hedgebrook, a retreat for women writers, in 1995. She attended the Graduate School of Journalism at U.C. Berkeley and began her career at KCAW-FM in Sitka, Alaska. She has also worked at WBUR, a public radio station, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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References

  1. "WGBH 'World' correspondent, a Cambridge native, honored twice". Wicked Local: Cambridge. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. "2003 OPC Award Winners". Overseas Press Club of America. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. "The Lowel Thomas Award 2008". Overseas Press Club of America. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "Jeb Sharp a Recipient of Sigma Delta Chi Award". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. "2009 Dart Awards". Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. "Jeb Sharp". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 13 May 2019.