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John Merrow (born June 14, 1941) is an American broadcast journalist who has reported on education issues since the 1970s. He serves as the education correspondent for the PBS NewsHour program. These features - often under the umbrella heading of "The Merrow Report" - have become a staple of education reporting on public broadcasting. Additionally, he is currently 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. Merrow earned an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1964,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment & Media Association )〕 and received an M.A. degree in American Studies from Indiana University in 1968.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indiana Alumni Magazine: How Safe is Your Child's School )〕 In 1973, Merrow graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with a doctorate in Education and Social Policy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alumni Council Award Recent Recipients )〕 He began his career as an education reporter in 1974, when National Public Radio began airing 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. The weekly radio broadcast received the prestigious George Polk Award in 1981.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The George Polk Awards for Journalism )〕 Merrow later produced a seven-part television series for PBS along the same lines, entitled "Your Children, Our Children." This program received an Emmy nomination in 1984. 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 the PBS program in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fund the Child )〕 In 1995, Merrow established Learning Matters, which produces his NewsHour reports, along with other media content.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Learning Matters )〕 In 1998, he created Listen Up! - a project which trains disadvantaged youth and their teachers in broadcast production skills and techniques.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Listen Up! Frequently Asked Questions )〕 He received the George Foster Peabody Award in 2001 for "School Sleuth: The Case of an Excellent School,"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Peabody Awards )〕 and won a second Peabody Award for Listen Up's production, "Beyond Borders," in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Peabody Awards )〕 In 2005 and 2007, Learning Matters' programming received Emmy nominations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE 26th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CPB Congratulates PBS for earning 46 Emmy nominations )〕 In 2012, Merrow was honored with the prestigious Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education )〕 Merrow is also a published book author: he wrote "Choosing Excellence" (2001),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Merrow Report - Sales Info (Choosing Excellence) )〕 "Below C Level" (2010), and "The Influence of Teachers" (2011).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Influence of Teachers )〕 He also co-edited, with Richard Hersh, "Declining by Degrees" (2005).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Declining by Degrees )〕 ==External links== *(Learning Matters ) *(Listen Up! Youth Media Network ) *(Online NewsHour: Education Archive ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Merrow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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