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Chad Pergram began his career in journalism in high school as an intern and later reporter/anchor at WKRC-AM in Cincinnati. He also worked at WKRC-TV and then joined public radio station WMUB-FM in Oxford, OH. He became Senate producer for C-SPAN in 1993, after which he produced and anchored newscasts for NPR in Washington. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Pergram was named Best Radio Reporter by the Ohio Associated Press in 1992. He has also received prestigious statewide awards for Best Use of Sound, Best Investigative Reporting, and Best Broadcast Writing. He has covered a variety of stories, including the Robert Mapplethorpe photo exhibit trial, Pete Rose's banishment from baseball, President Clinton's impeachment, and the Stanley Cup Finals. [CR-LF][CR-LF]On Capitol Hill, Pergram enjoys doing stories that allow the listener to look beneath the Dome to see how the machinery of Congress works. For CNC, he's covered ethics questions surrounding House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), intelligence reform, energy policy, and President Reagan's memorial service. He also specializes in producing sound-rich features. In particular, he has compiled several "day-in-the-life" reports, detailing what lawmakers do all day (Pergram had to go running at 4:45 a.m. with one senator in 20-degree weather). He also prepared an audio diary of President Bush's inauguration and assembled a behind-the-scenes look at both political conventions. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Pergram is a native of Jacksonburg, OH. He earned a bachelors degree in Political Science from Miami University in 1991 and a masters degree in Communication from Miami in 1993. He teaches a seminar in Washington for his alma mater on the confluence of media and politics.

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