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EspañolJOHN HOCKENBERRY
'John Hockenberry' (b. June 4, 1956) is an American journalist. He has won four Emmy awards and three Peabody Awards. Hockenberry accepted a position in Early 2007 as a Distinguished Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab and is also a regular commentator on the Infinite Mind. He is a contributing editor for ''Wired'' magazine, and ''Metropolis'' magazine; and recently was named a contributor to a new magazine from Conde Nast entitled ''Portfolio'' [1]. Hockenberry is a paraplegic.
He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and lost the use of his legs in an auto accident at the age of 19. He attended the University of Chicago and the University of Oregon.When he was a 19-year-old student, he accepted a ride while hitchhiking on I-80. He fell asleep in the car-and so did the driver. The car veered off the road. The driver was killed. Hockenberry's spinal cord was damaged, and he remains paralyzed from the mid-chest down.
He currently lives in New York and in Massachusetts with his wife, Alison, and four children (two sets of twins) Zoe, Olivia, Regan and Zachary.
Hockenberry's career started as a volunteer for a local National Public Radio affiliate KLCC. He moved to Washington, DC in the early eighties where has was a newscaster and later, he was most notable for hosting a 2-hour nightly news show called ''HEAT with John Hockenberry'' (1989-1990). During his 15 years with NPR, he worked as a Middle East correspondent, reporting on the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and 1992. Beginning in November 1991 he served as the first host of NPR's ''Talk of the Nation''. He also worked for ABC News and before joining ''Dateline NBC'' as a correspondent in 1996. He reported the Kosovo War in 1999. His weekly radio commentaries have been heard for the past eight years on the nationally broadcast public radio program ''The Infinite Mind''.
He has written for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', ''I.D.'', ''Wired'', ''The Columbia Journalism Review'', ''Details'', and ''The Washington Post''. His books include ''A River Out Of Eden'' (ISBN 0-385-72150-1), ''Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence'' (ISBN 0-7868-8162-3), and has written about "The Blogs of War" in ''Wired'' magazine.
In 1996 he appeared off-Broadway in his one-man autobiographical play, ''Spokeman''.
In May 2006, he began writing his own blog, titled "The Blogenberry". In February 2007 he changed it to "The Blogenberry World".
In 2005 he wrote a scathing review of the film ''Million Dollar Baby'' titled, ''"And the Loser Is"''. The review also promoted a disability website titled "Million Dollar Bigot" that was producing a documentary, also titled ''Million Dollar Bigot'' featuring opposition to the Academy Award winning film. The film, completed in 2005, features Hockenberry as well as many other disability activists. The film is available on google video, Million Dollar Bigot, and the internet archive.
★ Spacefacts biography of John Hockenberry
★ John Hockenberry's Blog
★ John Hockenberry's "The Infinite Mind" bio
He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and lost the use of his legs in an auto accident at the age of 19. He attended the University of Chicago and the University of Oregon.When he was a 19-year-old student, he accepted a ride while hitchhiking on I-80. He fell asleep in the car-and so did the driver. The car veered off the road. The driver was killed. Hockenberry's spinal cord was damaged, and he remains paralyzed from the mid-chest down.
He currently lives in New York and in Massachusetts with his wife, Alison, and four children (two sets of twins) Zoe, Olivia, Regan and Zachary.
| Contents |
| Journalism career |
| Million Dollar Bigot |
| External links |
Journalism career
Hockenberry's career started as a volunteer for a local National Public Radio affiliate KLCC. He moved to Washington, DC in the early eighties where has was a newscaster and later, he was most notable for hosting a 2-hour nightly news show called ''HEAT with John Hockenberry'' (1989-1990). During his 15 years with NPR, he worked as a Middle East correspondent, reporting on the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and 1992. Beginning in November 1991 he served as the first host of NPR's ''Talk of the Nation''. He also worked for ABC News and before joining ''Dateline NBC'' as a correspondent in 1996. He reported the Kosovo War in 1999. His weekly radio commentaries have been heard for the past eight years on the nationally broadcast public radio program ''The Infinite Mind''.
He has written for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', ''I.D.'', ''Wired'', ''The Columbia Journalism Review'', ''Details'', and ''The Washington Post''. His books include ''A River Out Of Eden'' (ISBN 0-385-72150-1), ''Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence'' (ISBN 0-7868-8162-3), and has written about "The Blogs of War" in ''Wired'' magazine.
In 1996 he appeared off-Broadway in his one-man autobiographical play, ''Spokeman''.
In May 2006, he began writing his own blog, titled "The Blogenberry". In February 2007 he changed it to "The Blogenberry World".
Million Dollar Bigot
In 2005 he wrote a scathing review of the film ''Million Dollar Baby'' titled, ''"And the Loser Is"''. The review also promoted a disability website titled "Million Dollar Bigot" that was producing a documentary, also titled ''Million Dollar Bigot'' featuring opposition to the Academy Award winning film. The film, completed in 2005, features Hockenberry as well as many other disability activists. The film is available on google video, Million Dollar Bigot, and the internet archive.
External links
★ Spacefacts biography of John Hockenberry
★ John Hockenberry's Blog
★ John Hockenberry's "The Infinite Mind" bio
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