{{Short description|American journalist (1949–2016)}} {{Infobox person | name = Craig Windham | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|6|20}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|2|28|1949|6|20}} | death_place = Winston-Salem, North Carolina | other_names = | occupation = Journalist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = |awards = }}
'''Robert Craig Windham''' (June 20, 1949 – February 28, 2016) was an American radio journalist and duty reporter for National Public Radio. He was the anchor of NPR's weekday morning newscast, and before that the anchor of NPR's weekend afternoon newscast.
==Life== Windham was born in Washington, D.C. He graduated from St. Albans School, and the College of William and Mary, in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/craig-windham-anchor-for-two-decades-of-nprs-hourly-newscasts-dies-at-66/2016/02/29/7922aa04-df12-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html | title = Craig Windham, anchor for two decades of NPR's hourly newscasts, dies at 66 | last = Langer | first = Emily | date = 2016-02-29 | newspaper = The Washington Post | language = en-US | issn = 0190-8286 | access-date = 2016-03-01 }}</ref> He joined NPR in 1995. Prior to working for NPR, Windham was a Washington correspondent for RKO Radio Network.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/29/468559049/craig-windham-npr-newscaster-dies | title = Craig Windham, NPR Newscaster, Dies | website = NPR.org | access-date = 2016-03-01 }}</ref>
He went on to earn a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. in counseling from the George Washington University.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2016/02/29/npr-anchor-and-alumnus-craig-windham-dies-at-66/ | title = NPR anchor and alumnus Craig Windham dies at 66 | website = GW Hatchet | date = 29 February 2016 | access-date = 2016-03-01 | archive-date = 2016-03-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160301094957/http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2016/02/29/npr-anchor-and-alumnus-craig-windham-dies-at-66/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Windham was a licensed clinical professional counselor and worked with adolescents. His dissertation and research focused on the use of social media and online communication by teenagers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Windham |first=Craig |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2101397 |title=Craig Windham |publisher=NPR |date=2010-11-24 |accessdate=2011-07-23}}</ref>
== Death == Windham died on February 28, 2016, from a pulmonary embolism.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Peralta|first1=Eyder|title=Craig Windham, NPR Newscaster, Dies|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/29/468559049/craig-windham-npr-newscaster-dies|accessdate=29 February 2016|agency=NPR|date=29 February 2016}}</ref> He was 66.
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