Steven Alan Inskeep (; born 1968) is an American journalist who is currently one of the four rotating hosts of Morning Edition and Up First on National Public Radio. Earlier in his career, Inskeep covered the Pentagon, the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, the U.S. Senate, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; and was host of Weekend All Things Considered.
Inskeep is the author of four books: Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi (2011); Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab (2015); Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War (2020); and Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America (2023).
Early life and education Inskeep was raised in Carmel, Indiana, graduated from Carmel High School and graduated Phi Kappa Phi from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, in 1990. His first professional experience in radio was a stint as a sportscaster at WMKY-FM in Morehead.
Career
NPR Inskeep was hired by NPR in 1996. His first full-time assignment was the 1996 presidential primary in New Hampshire. Inskeep has been the host of Morning Edition since 2004.
In January 2022, Inskeep interviewed then-former U.S. President Donald Trump over the telephone. He asked questions on several topics, including COVID-19 vaccinations; the 2020 presidential election; and the future of the Republican Party in the 2022 midterm elections. When Inskeep pressed Trump about attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the 2021 United States Capitol attack, the former president suddenly hung up the phone.
Notable work DateTitleNotes2005 Oil Money Divides Nigeria received a 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awardwith other members of NPR 2009 Transcript: Obama's Full Interview With NPR Barack ObamaMichele Norris 2009 Ahmadinejad: Holocaust 'Opinion Of Just A Few' Mahmoud AhmadinejadBijan Khajepour 2010 Along The Grand Trunk Road: Coming Of Age In India And Pakistan Grand Trunk Road 2012 Revolutionary Road Trip Arab SpringArab Spring concurrent incidentsfrom Carthage to Cairo 2014 Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico Boundary Mexico–United States border 2014 Transcript And Audio: President Obama's Full NPR Interview at United States Military Academyafter Commencement speech 2022 Phone interview with former President Donald Trump
Bibliography Title Year Publisher ISBN Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi 2011 Penguin Press, NY9781594203152 Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab 2015 Penguin Press, NY 9781594205569 Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped The West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War 2020Penguin Press, NY 9780735224353 Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America 2023Penguin Press, NY 9780593297865
Personal life Inskeep married Carolee Gabel in 1993. They have a daughter who was born in 2005. In 2012, they adopted a second child from China. Inskeep himself was also adopted. He and his family reside in Washington, D.C.
References
External links
NPR biography
C-SPAN Q&A interview with Inskeep about Instant City, October 02, 2012 C-SPAN Book Discussion on Instant City, September 23, 2012