Noel King Joins NPR's 'Morning Edition,' Ailsa Chang To Co-Host 'All Things Considered'

King (Sandy Honig/NPR); Chang (WNYC)

NPR's "MORNING EDITION" and "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED" (and its "UP FIRST" daily news podcast) are adding new co-hosts, both reporters from the network's "PLANET MONEY" podcast.  NOEL KING will join DAVID GREENE, STEVE INSKEEP, and RACHEL MARTIN as the new fourth co-host of "MORNING EDITION," while AILSA CHANG will join AUDIE CORNISH, MARY LOUISE KELLY, and ARI SHAPIRO as co-host of "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED" and the "UP FIRST" podcast.  Both will continue to report for "PLANET MONEY."

“Audiences already know and love NOEL and AILSA from NPR’s PEABODY AWARD-winning podcast PLANET MONEY; now they will hear them daily hosting our morning and evening drive
news magazines,” said Acting SVP for News CHRIS TURPIN. “They will join seasoned teams that have mastered deep-dive, sound-rich, enterprise journalism alongside live and on-location reporting. The expanded host lineup will strengthen both shows by allowing them to take on more ambitious projects both in the U.S and overseas.”  

“In my time as a radio journalist, the two things I have loved most are long-form reporting and live hosting. Now I get to take on a job that blends these two worlds,” said CHANG. “It can be lonely as a reporter. One of the happiest parts of this new role is joining a team of smart, dogged, creative people who have each other’s backs every day and who take their jobs so seriously. Enough cannot be said about AUDIE, ARI and MARY LOUISE -- three individuals whom I admire as journalists and as people.”

“This is an opportunity to work with some of the smartest, fastest, most talented people in radio. Every day, the team at MORNING EDITION is on the front lines of breaking news,” said KING. “We live in complicated times, and I am genuinely excited to be given the chance to ask questions of leaders at the centers of power, while also shining a spotlight on ordinary people who are affected by the decisions those leaders make.”

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