# Craig Windham

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{{Short description|American journalist (1949–2016)}}
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| birth_place   = [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2016|2|28|1949|6|20}}
| death_place   = [Winston-Salem, North Carolina](/source/Winston-Salem%2C_North_Carolina)
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'''Robert Craig Windham''' (June 20, 1949 – February 28, 2016) was an American radio journalist and duty reporter for [National Public Radio](/source/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.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) He graduated from [St. Albans School](/source/St._Albans_School_(Washington%2C_D.C.)), and the [College of William and Mary](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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/
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}}</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](/source/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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Category:20th-century American journalists
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