John Merrow

John Merrow is a broadcast journalist who has reported on education issues for more than three decades. He is the executive producer, host and president of Learning Matters, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that creates television, radio and online segments and documentaries, focusing primarily on education. [http://www.listenup.org/ Listen Up!] , a project Merrow created in 1998, trains disadvantaged youth and their teachers in broadcast production skills and techniques.

As an education reporter since 1974, when National Public Radio aired his first investigative reports on the nation's schools, Merrow quickly developed a devoted following with his program "Options In Education," which aired for eight years.

Merrow later produced a seven-part television series for PBS along the same lines, entitled "Your Children, Our Children." He also served as education correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour for five years (1985-1990), and briefly occupied a similar position with The Learning Channel before returning to PBS in 1992. His features, under the umbrella heading of "The Merrow Report", have become a staple of education reporting on public broadcasting.

In 1995, Merrow established Learning Matters and returned to the NewsHour to report on education. He received the George Foster Peabody Award in 2001 for "School Sleuth: The Case of an Excellent School."

External links

* [http://www.pbs.org/merrow/ Learning Matters]
* [http://www.listenup.org/ Listen Up! Youth Media Network]
* [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec06/nurses_11-13.html Thousands of Would-be Nurses Denied Affordable Training Options]