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{{Infobox Radio Presenter| name = Terry Gross| image = Terry Gross.jpg| imagesize = 200px| caption = Terry Gross at the Georgia Tech FERST Center for the Arts, in Atlanta, November 2006.| birthname =| birthdate = 1951| station = [WHYY, NPR| prevshow =| web = Official Website-->
Terry Gross (born [1951) is the host and co-executive producer of
Fresh Air, an interview format
radio show produced by WHYY-FM in
Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by
National Public Radio. Gross has won praise over the years for her low-key and friendly yet often probing interview style and for the diversity of her guests. She has a reputation for researching her guests' entire lives and asking them about lesser known aspects of their early careers. "Turning the Tables on Terry Gross:
Salon Gets Personal With NPR'S Maestro of Conversation" by Lori Leibovich
Salon 22 June
1998
Biography
Gross grew up in
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Brooklyn. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English and a M.Ed. in communications from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. She began a teaching career, but said that she was "totally unequipped" for the job, and was fired after only six weeks. "Terry Gross: Producer and Host of National Public Radio’s 'Fresh Air' - Biography" Seattle Arts and Lectures She began her radio career in 1973 at
WBFO, a Public broadcasting station in Buffalo, New York, where she had been volunteering. In 1975 she moved to WHYY-FM in
Philadelphia to host and produce
Fresh Air, which was a local interview program at the time. In 1985,
Fresh Air with Terry Gross went national, being distributed weekly by NPR. It became a daily program two years later.
Gross is married to
Francis Davis, jazz critic of the
Village Voice. The couple have no children. (In an interview with
B.D. Wong, Gross said this is a deliberate choice on their part.) Because of her short haircut and the number of guests from arts and entertainment (some of whom are gay), Gross said in the introduction to
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations With Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists that she is sometimes asked whether she is gay or straight, including one memorable instance where a guest at a social occasion informed her mother-in-law of such a speculation.
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations With Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artistsby Terry Gross (excerpt) ISBN 1401300103 In her interview with
Rubin Carter, she mentioned that at one time she lived in a commune.
Interview style
The
San Francisco Chronicle wrote that Gross's interviews are "a remarkable blend of empathy, warmth, genuine curiosity, and sharp intelligence." "Inside WBUR: Terry Gross" Retrieved on 3 June
2007. Gross prides herself on preparation. Prior to interviewing a guest, she reads their book(s), watches their movie(s), and/or listens to their CD(s). She reads at least one book a day. Her questions tend to be probing without violating the subject's privacy. The
Boston Phoenix wrote, "Terry Gross…is almost certainly the best cultural interviewer in America, and one of the best all-around interviewers, period. Her smart, thoughtful questioning pushes her guests in unlikely directions. Her interviews are revelatory in a way other people's seldom are."
Gross treats different guests differently. She is often more challenging with political figures than with people in the arts, who may be less prepared for such interviews and less prone to expressing themselves in canned "sound-bites." As is the case for many radio programs, virtually all of Gross's interviews are taped and edited, and guests are often not present in the studio.
Clashes with guests
Gross has drawn added public attention following some rare occasions when she has clashed with her guests, including these:
- A February 4 2002, interview with rock star Gene Simmons, who at one point said, "If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs," to which Gross replied, "That's a really obnoxious thing to say." This occurred after Gross mispronounced his birth name, Chaim Witz, and made a factual mistake (involving the use of fishnet stockings) which Simmons commented on by saying "Better research needed. Fire your research person." Unlike most Fresh Air guests, Simmons refused to grant permission for the interview to be made available online. However, the interview appears in All I Did Was Ask, and some unauthorized transcripts are available, Transcript of Gene Simmons and Terry Gross, host of NPR's Fresh Air.
Originally broadcast February 4 2002 as is an audio file of the complete original interview. Gene Simmons and Terry Gross Interview.
- An October 8 2003, interview with Fox News television host Bill O'Reilly (commentator), who walked out of the interview because of what he considered her biased questions, creating a media controversy fed by the ongoing presidential campaign. Toward the end of the interview, O'Reilly asked Gross if she had been as tough on Al Franken, who had appeared on the program two weeks before O'Reilly, as she had been with O'Reilly. Gross responded, "No, I wasn't…we had a different interview." Bill O'Reilly interview. Gross was later criticised by NPR ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin for "an interview that was, in the end, unfair to O'Reilly." "Gross vs. O'Reilly: Culture Clash on NPR" by Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ombudsman, National Public Radio, October 15 2003. Dvorkin described Gross's interviewing tactic of reading a critical quote of O'Reilly after he had walked out of the room as "unethical and unfair." "Watching You Watching Me" On the Media, June 23 2006. Retrieved June 3, 2007. Gross was later supported by an NPR colleague, Mike Pesca, who contended that O'Reilly did, in fact, have the opportunity to respond to a criticism that Gross read to O'Reilly leveled by People Magazine but that he defaulted by prematurely abandoning the interview.
- A February 9 2005, interview of Lynne Cheney, conservative author and wife of vice president Dick Cheney. The initial focus of the interview was on Cheney's latest history book, but Gross moved on to questions about Cheney's lesbian daughter Mary Cheney and her opinion of the George W. Bush administration's opposition to gay marriage. Lynne Cheney Interview. Cheney declined to comment on her daughter's sexuality, but repeatedly stated that she is opposed to a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, which was being endorsed by George W. Bush. Cheney declined to discuss the matter further. Later, when Gross brought the interview back to issues of gay rights, Cheney again refused to comment. According to producers, Cheney had been warned that she would be asked about politics and current events. "A Week of Insults on NPR" by Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, February 15 2005.
Awards for Terry Gross and
Fresh Air
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting Award for "Best Live Radio Program," 1981
- Ohio State Award, 1987
- Peabody Award, 1993
- The Foundation of American Women In Radio and Television's Gracie Allen Awards#Gracie Allen Award, 1999
- CPB Edward R. Murrow Award, 2003
Book
- (2004) All I Did Was Ask : Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists. Hyperion ISBN 1-4013-0010-3.
Audio collections with Terry Gross
- (1998) Fresh Air: On Stage & Screen (cassette)
- (2000) Fresh Air on Stage and Screen Vol 2 (CD)
- (2004) Fresh Air Laughs with Terry Gross (CD)
Notes
External links
- NPR biography
- Podcasts available at NPR.org
- Fresh Air from WHYY (Official Website)
- Fresh Air @ Audible.com
- Streaming audio schedule
- Audio - February 4, 2002 interview with Gene Simmons: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4
- Audio - Official Gene Simmons interview on NPR
- Audio - October 8, 2003 interview with [Bill O'Reilly (commentator)
- Audio - February 9, 2005 interview with [Lynne Cheney
{{Infobox Radio Presenter| name = Terry Gross| image = Terry Gross.jpg| imagesize = 200px| caption = Terry Gross at the Georgia Tech FERST Center for the Arts, in Atlanta, November 2006.| birthname =| birthdate =
1951| station = [WHYY, NPR| prevshow =| web = Official Website-->
Terry Gross (born [1951) is the host and co-executive producer of
Fresh Air, an interview format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the
United States by National Public Radio. Gross has won praise over the years for her low-key and friendly yet often probing interview style and for the diversity of her guests. She has a reputation for researching her guests' entire lives and asking them about lesser known aspects of their early careers. "Turning the Tables on Terry Gross:
Salon Gets Personal With NPR'S Maestro of Conversation" by Lori Leibovich
Salon 22 June 1998
Biography
Gross grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Brooklyn. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English and a M.Ed. in communications from the
State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. She began a teaching career, but said that she was "totally unequipped" for the job, and was fired after only six weeks. "Terry Gross: Producer and Host of National Public Radio’s 'Fresh Air' - Biography" Seattle Arts and Lectures She began her radio career in 1973 at
WBFO, a
Public broadcasting station in
Buffalo, New York, where she had been volunteering. In 1975 she moved to
WHYY-FM in
Philadelphia to host and produce
Fresh Air, which was a local interview program at the time. In 1985,
Fresh Air with Terry Gross went national, being distributed weekly by NPR. It became a daily program two years later.
Gross is married to
Francis Davis, jazz critic of the
Village Voice. The couple have no children. (In an interview with B.D. Wong, Gross said this is a deliberate choice on their part.) Because of her short haircut and the number of guests from arts and entertainment (some of whom are gay), Gross said in the introduction to
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations With Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists that she is sometimes asked whether she is gay or straight, including one memorable instance where a guest at a social occasion informed her mother-in-law of such a speculation.
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations With Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artistsby Terry Gross (excerpt) ISBN 1401300103 In her interview with Rubin Carter, she mentioned that at one time she lived in a commune.
Interview style
The
San Francisco Chronicle wrote that Gross's interviews are "a remarkable blend of empathy, warmth, genuine curiosity, and sharp intelligence." "Inside WBUR: Terry Gross" Retrieved on 3 June 2007. Gross prides herself on preparation. Prior to interviewing a guest, she reads their book(s), watches their movie(s), and/or listens to their CD(s). She reads at least one book a day. Her questions tend to be probing without violating the subject's privacy. The
Boston Phoenix wrote, "Terry Gross…is almost certainly the best cultural interviewer in America, and one of the best all-around interviewers, period. Her smart, thoughtful questioning pushes her guests in unlikely directions. Her interviews are revelatory in a way other people's seldom are."
Gross treats different guests differently. She is often more challenging with political figures than with people in the arts, who may be less prepared for such interviews and less prone to expressing themselves in canned "sound-bites." As is the case for many radio programs, virtually all of Gross's interviews are taped and edited, and guests are often not present in the studio.
Clashes with guests
Gross has drawn added public attention following some rare occasions when she has clashed with her guests, including these:
- A February 4 2002, interview with rock star Gene Simmons, who at one point said, "If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs," to which Gross replied, "That's a really obnoxious thing to say." This occurred after Gross mispronounced his birth name, Chaim Witz, and made a factual mistake (involving the use of fishnet stockings) which Simmons commented on by saying "Better research needed. Fire your research person." Unlike most Fresh Air guests, Simmons refused to grant permission for the interview to be made available online. However, the interview appears in All I Did Was Ask, and some unauthorized transcripts are available, Transcript of Gene Simmons and Terry Gross, host of NPR's Fresh Air.
Originally broadcast February 4 2002 as is an audio file of the complete original interview. Gene Simmons and Terry Gross Interview.
- An October 8 2003, interview with Fox News television host Bill O'Reilly (commentator), who walked out of the interview because of what he considered her biased questions, creating a media controversy fed by the ongoing presidential campaign. Toward the end of the interview, O'Reilly asked Gross if she had been as tough on Al Franken, who had appeared on the program two weeks before O'Reilly, as she had been with O'Reilly. Gross responded, "No, I wasn't…we had a different interview." Bill O'Reilly interview. Gross was later criticised by NPR ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin for "an interview that was, in the end, unfair to O'Reilly." "Gross vs. O'Reilly: Culture Clash on NPR" by Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ombudsman, National Public Radio, October 15 2003. Dvorkin described Gross's interviewing tactic of reading a critical quote of O'Reilly after he had walked out of the room as "unethical and unfair." "Watching You Watching Me" On the Media, June 23 2006. Retrieved June 3, 2007. Gross was later supported by an NPR colleague, Mike Pesca, who contended that O'Reilly did, in fact, have the opportunity to respond to a criticism that Gross read to O'Reilly leveled by People Magazine but that he defaulted by prematurely abandoning the interview.
- A February 9 2005, interview of Lynne Cheney, conservative author and wife of vice president Dick Cheney. The initial focus of the interview was on Cheney's latest history book, but Gross moved on to questions about Cheney's lesbian daughter Mary Cheney and her opinion of the George W. Bush administration's opposition to gay marriage. Lynne Cheney Interview. Cheney declined to comment on her daughter's sexuality, but repeatedly stated that she is opposed to a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, which was being endorsed by George W. Bush. Cheney declined to discuss the matter further. Later, when Gross brought the interview back to issues of gay rights, Cheney again refused to comment. According to producers, Cheney had been warned that she would be asked about politics and current events. "A Week of Insults on NPR" by Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, February 15 2005.
Awards for Terry Gross and
Fresh Air
Book
- (2004) All I Did Was Ask : Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists. Hyperion ISBN 1-4013-0010-3.
Audio collections with Terry Gross
- (1998) Fresh Air: On Stage & Screen (cassette)
- (2000) Fresh Air on Stage and Screen Vol 2 (CD)
- (2004) Fresh Air Laughs with Terry Gross (CD)
Notes
External links
- NPR biography
- Podcasts available at NPR.org
- Fresh Air from WHYY (Official Website)
- Fresh Air @ Audible.com
- Streaming audio schedule
- Audio - February 4, 2002 interview with Gene Simmons: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4
- Audio - Official Gene Simmons interview on NPR
- Audio - October 8, 2003 interview with [Bill O'Reilly (commentator)
- Audio - February 9, 2005 interview with [Lynne Cheney
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