Mr. Adams is a reporter for NPR's national desk. He is a former long-time co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, and has more than three decades of radio experience. He joined the National Desk in April 2003 and spent his first year reporting on issues involving the low-wage workforce. [CR-LF][CR-LF]In 1971, he discovered public radio at WBKY-FM at the University of Kentucky. He began there as a part-time rock and roll announcer but soon became involved in other projects including documentaries and a weekly bluegrass show. In 1974, he joined the staff full time as host of a morning news and music program. [CR-LF][CR-LF]In 1975, Adams came to NPR where he worked behind the scenes, editing and writing, for the next three years. He became co-host of the weekend version of All Things Considered in 1978 and, in September 1982, he was named weekday co-host. [CR-LF][CR-LF]During 1988, Adams hosted Minnesota Public Radio's Good Evening, a weekly show that blended music with storytelling. He returned to All Things Considered in February 1989. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Over the years Adams has often reported from overseas; he covered the Christmas Eve uprising against the Ceausescu government in Romania, and his work from Serbia was honored by the Overseas Press Club in 1994. [CR-LF][CR-LF]He wrote and narrated the 1981 documentary, "Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown," which received the Prix Italia, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and Major Armstrong Award.

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