NPR Founding Mom Susan Stamberg : The Image Present : NPR

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Jay Kernis/NPR NPR 'founding mom' Susan Stamberg has died on the age of 87. Colleagues noticed her as a yenta, a mentor and a storyteller who was all the time robust and true to herself. NPR's David Folkenflik pays tribute:

Susan Stamberg joined NPR at its begin, initially to chop tape — literal tape, with a single-sided blade — at a time when industrial networks nearly by no means employed ladies.

Stamberg stated NPR's first program director, Invoice Siemering, was courageous to place her behind the microphone. She hosted All Issues Thought-about and Weekend Version, after which turned a particular correspondent.

She discovered pleasure within the creativity of tradition, the spark of science and even the humanity in politics.

To at the present time, Susan Stamberg's recorded voice publicizes every flooring on the elevators at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1579x1072+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F69%2Fb1%2F44d98a4f4f0db5447e443410e97d%2F172360-10150107580978945-364795-o.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1579x1072+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F69%2Fb1%2F44d98a4f4f0db5447e443410e97d%2F172360-10150107580978945-364795-o.jpg" class="img" alt="A black and white photo of early NPR staffers." loading="lazy"/> Susan Stamberg (again second from proper) sits with the All Issues Thought-about group. Artwork Silverman/NPR cover caption

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Artwork Silverman/NPR <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1600x1200+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa4%2F9d%2Fc56cf5b64a01824c461408697b95%2Fimg-4344.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1600x1200+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa4%2F9d%2Fc56cf5b64a01824c461408697b95%2Fimg-4344.jpg" class="img" alt="" loading="lazy"/> Susan Stamberg was featured on CBS' 60 Minutes on June 4, 1995. Jay Kernis/NPR cover caption

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Jay Kernis/NPR <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2067+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F98%2F43%2F62fa3218473a995c2b8017913973%2Fgettyimages-95494425.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2067+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F98%2F43%2F62fa3218473a995c2b8017913973%2Fgettyimages-95494425.jpg" class="img" alt="National Public Radio's Carl Kasell talks with Susan Stamberg (R) and Linda Wertheimer after delivering his last newscast at NPR December 30, 2009 in Washington, D.C. " loading="lazy"/> Carl Kasell talks with Susan Stamberg (proper) and Linda Wertheimer after delivering his final newscast at NPR on Dec. 30, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures cover caption

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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1751x1451+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc6%2F42%2Fb5c24d7243b0892aab573f5c01be%2Fimg-2659.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1751x1451+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc6%2F42%2Fb5c24d7243b0892aab573f5c01be%2Fimg-2659.jpg" class="img" alt="" loading="lazy"/> Founding producer of Morning Version and Weekend Version Jay Kernis (left) sits with Susan Stamberg within the mid-Seventies at a workers get together. Jay Kernis/NPR cover caption

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Jay Kernis/NPR <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4176x2784+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2F72%2Fe143728448d685c77b2cceb15880%2Fgettyimages-1210194002.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4176x2784+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2F72%2Fe143728448d685c77b2cceb15880%2Fgettyimages-1210194002.jpg" class="img" alt="Susan Stamberg and Josh Stamberg attend the ceremony honoring Susan Stamberg with a star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on March 3, 2020 in Hollywood, California." loading="lazy"/> Susan Stamberg and her son, Josh Stamberg, attend the ceremony honoring her with a star on The Hollywood Stroll Of Fame on March 3, 2020 in Hollywood, Calif. Amy Sussman/Getty Pictures cover caption

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Amy Sussman/Getty Pictures <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3966x2698+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F84%2F7ad8ba4d4861a6e7274aa2d273cb%2Fgettyimages-110293649.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3966x2698+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F84%2F7ad8ba4d4861a6e7274aa2d273cb%2Fgettyimages-110293649.jpg" class="img" alt="Sam Waterston, Susan Stamberg and Linda Wertheimer " loading="lazy"/> Sam Waterston (left), NPR "founding moms" Susan Stamberg and Linda Wertheimer pose for a photograph on the thirty second Annual American Girls in Radio & Tv Gracie Allen Awards in 2007. L. Busacca/WireImage/Getty Pictures cover caption

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L. Busacca/WireImage/Getty Pictures <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2000x1338+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4b%2Fcc%2F5f966c1e46eb83ed272f94c434c4%2Fgettyimages-563590965.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2000x1338+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4b%2Fcc%2F5f966c1e46eb83ed272f94c434c4%2Fgettyimages-563590965.jpg" class="img" alt="NPR's Susan Stamberg ,second from left and Bob Edwards rehearse their parts in a radio drama with Ed Asner and Anne Meara. The radio play, "I'd Rather Eat Pants," will be broadcast on NPR in five parts beginning on Dec. 16, 2002." loading="lazy"/> NPR's Susan Stamberg (second from left) and Bob Edwards rehearse their components in a radio drama with actors Ed Asner and Anne Meara. The radio play, "I might Quite Eat Pants," was broadcast on NPR in 2002. Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Instances by way of Getty Imag/Getty Pictures cover caption

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Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Instances by way of Getty Imag/Getty Pictures <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1280x960+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Ffc%2F119a699c436ca27edd1eeb142d56%2Fimg-3031.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1280x960+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Ffc%2F119a699c436ca27edd1eeb142d56%2Fimg-3031.jpg" class="img" alt="" loading="lazy"/> Susan Stamberg at her party in Maryland. Jay Kernis/NPR cover caption

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Jay Kernis/NPR <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2059x1505+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fae%2Fa9%2F3fe14d994061a75379a3093b0943%2Fneal-jackie-susan-kitty-faith.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2059x1505+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fae%2Fa9%2F3fe14d994061a75379a3093b0943%2Fneal-jackie-susan-kitty-faith.jpg" class="img" alt="" loading="lazy"/> Susan Stamberg (heart) takes a break with the All Issues Thought-about group. Artwork Silverman/NPR cover caption

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Artwork Silverman/NPR <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3791x3906+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2Fe4%2F4bb2648144cbb29743422cafc0f5%2Fsusan-stamberg.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3791x3906+0+0/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2Fe4%2F4bb2648144cbb29743422cafc0f5%2Fsusan-stamberg.jpg" class="img" alt="A black and white photo of Susan Stamberg smiling in a museum." loading="lazy"/> Susan Stamberg was a longtime particular correspondent in quest of sound-rich tales about tradition. Artwork Silverman/NPR cover caption