Ian Stewart
Ian (pronounced "yahn") Stewart is a producer and editor for Weekend Edition and Up First.
He's followed presidential candidates around his home state (Iowa), reported on emergency food banks in D.C., 'silent canvassing' in Milwaukee, the impact of climate change on Miami's most vulnerable and his pandemic road trip, and he once managed to get dragon sound effects on the air. He created the show's 'signature song' and music starter kit series. He line produces the show, has directed special coverage of election nights and congressional hearings, and was NPR's coordinating producer in Ukraine during the invasion in February and March 2022.
He came to NPR in 2014 after interning at All Things Considered and studying architecture and politics at Middlebury College.
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According to memes circulating on the internet, July 31, 2022 may just be the birthday of the dopey patriarch from the vintage cartoon, The Jetsons. -
Picoult's pandemic-inspired story focusing on a character stranded in the Galápagos Islands highlights how events can change us — and offer perspective. -
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the veteran broadcast journalist and former Today show anchor about her new memoir, Going There, which chronicles her decades in TV news as well as her personal life.
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Normal protocols for hurricane evacuation, aid distribution and recovery have been upended by the threat of the coronavirus. -
Health officials worry the ship may have spread the coronavirus along Norway's coastline, according to reports. -
Some mourners from Mexico reportedly have been unable to visit the city because of border restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. -
A Marlins-Orioles matchup and a Phillies-Yankees game have both been postponed while the league carries out additional testing. The league's heavily modified 2020 season started last week. -
In Miami, the effects of global warming are not hypothetical predictions but realities of everyday life, prompting change by government, businesses and individuals alike. -
The medical community in Florida is increasingly sounding the alarm about the health risks associated with rising temperatures. -
The figure at the center of the controversy is Zwarte Piet — Black Pete — often portrayed by people who don Afro wigs and paint their faces black.
