Bill Chappell Biography
Bill Chappell is an American reporter and producer. He is currently a writer and editor on the Newsdesk in the heart of NPR’s newsroom in Washington, DC. At NPR, Chappell has trained both digital and radio staff to tell compelling stories, not to mention promoting more collaboration between departments and desks.
Before joining NPR, Chappell was part of the Assignment Desk at CNN International. He worked with reporters in areas from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
Bill Chappell Age
Mr. Chappell has not disclosed details of his age birthday and parents names as of now. This information will be updated soon.
Bill Chappell Education
Chappell holds a bachelor’s degrees in English and History from the University of Georgia. He also attended graduate school for English Literature at the University of South Carolina.
Bill Chappell Career
Early in his career, Chappell wrote about movies, restaurants, and music for alternative weeklies, in addition to his first job: editing the police blotter. Chappell’s work for NPR includes being the lead writer for online coverage of several Olympic Games.
This was from London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 to Pyeongchang in 2018 stints that also included posting numerous videos and photos to NPR’s Instagram and other branded accounts. He has also previously been NPR.org’s homepage editor.
Adam Cole, Steve Newborn, Ayesha Rascoe, Brett Neely, Asma Khalid, Arun Rath, Anastasia Tsioulcas are all media personalities for NPR.
Chappell established the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps on NPR’s website; his assignments also include being the lead web producer for NPR’s trip to Asia’s Grand Trunk Road. Bill has coordinated special digital features for Morning Edition and Fresh Air, in addition to editing the rundown of All Things Considered.
He also frequently contributes to other NPR blogs, such as The Salt. At NPR, Chappell has trained both digital and radio staff to tell compelling stories, promoting more collaboration between departments and desks. Chappell was a key editorial member of the small team that performed one of NPR’s largest website redesigns.
One year later, NPR.org won its first Peabody Award, along with the National Press Foundation’s Excellence in Online Journalism award. Before joining NPR, Chappell was part of the Assignment Desk at CNN International. He worked with reporters in areas from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
Bill Chappell Wife\Children
Despite being a famous reporter he is a very private person. He has not disclosed as to whether he is married or not. There are no reports of Chappell having any children as of now.