Alison Stewart Moving To NPR

MSNBC’s Alison Stewart is joining National Public Radio as a host of the “upcoming 24-hour multimedia news service and morning drive show for Adults 25-44.”

“Alison’s new role at NPR is a radio homecoming for her,” NPR senior vp Jay Kernis told staffers this morning. “While a student at Brown University, she was music director for WBRU Radio, the nation’s largest commercial college radio station, and anchored news for music station WHTZ Radio New York. Alison told us, ‘NPR has been a part of my life – my real life, not work – for years. I am not only thrilled but also really honored to come aboard.’”

She starts May 14…

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