Allison Stewart
Live From Bryant Park: Erstwhile 90's Veejay Alison Stewart Pretties Up Public Radio
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"The safer thing would have been to stay at MSNBC,” said Alison Stewart. “To abandon your comfort zone is scary but it’s also very exciting.”
Ms. Stewart was speaking to NYTV, not long ago, about her decision to leave TV for radio after roughly 15 years of experience—from rocking the vote for MTV News in early 90's to anchoring shows for MSNBC to contributing pieces to the Nightly News with Brian Williams.
This past fall, Ms. Stewart began hosting the Bryant Park Project, a quirky, newfangled morning news show from NPR aimed at a young audience, which is now carried by 18 stations around the country. The show is produced out of the NPR’s New York bureau on 42nd Street, across from—you guessed it!—Bryant Park. read more »
