{{short description|American radio personality}} {{Infobox person | name = Marco Werman | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Duke University (BA) | occupation = Radio personality | known_for = | children = | parents = Marjolijn deJager Werman<br> David S. Werman | spouse = Schuyler Engel | family = | website = }}
'''Marco Werman''' is an American radio personality. He is a host, reporter and senior producer in public radio. Werman is the host of Public Radio Exchange's ''The World''. He took over as full-time host of the program on January 1, 2013 after years as fill-in host and producer of the Global Hit music segment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pri.org/fyi-from-pri/marco-werman-appointed-as-host-of-pri%E2%80%99s-the-world%C2%AE.html|title=Marco Werman appointed as host of PRI's The World|publisher=Public Radio International|date=7 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409203232/http://www.pri.org/fyi-from-pri/marco-werman-appointed-as-host-of-pri%E2%80%99s-the-world%C2%AE.html|archive-date=9 April 2013}}</ref> His journalism experience includes documentary photography, print, radio and television.
==Biography== Werman is the son of Marjolijn (née deJager)<ref name=World>{{Cite news|first= Marco|last= Werman|authorlink= |title= The Bomb saved my mom |newspaper=The World|date=August 4, 2015|url=https://theworld.org/stories/2015/08/04/bomb-saved-my-mom |access-date=|quote=My mother, Marjolijn deJager, was born to a colonial Dutch family in the East Indies. }}</ref> and David S. Werman.<ref name=David>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Obituary: David S. Werman |website=The New York Times|date=June 11, 2014 |url= https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/david-werman-obituary?pid=171297425 |accessdate=}}</ref> His mother was of Dutch descent and his father was Jewish.<ref name=World/><ref name=PBS>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Interview With Marco Werman: In The Mix |website=PBS Frontline|date=May 2003 |url=https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/france/werman.html |quote=Well, I'm really not observant -- my mother converted to Judaism before I was born, and my father was born Jewish but not religious. I was brought up in Jewish culture, but never had a bar mitzvah}}</ref> His mother converted to Judaism and he states he was raised in Jewish culture but not religious.<ref name=PBS/> Werman has been working in journalism since he was 16 when he worked as a copy boy at the ''News and Observer'' in Raleigh, North Carolina.<ref name=Carleton>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title=Convocation Discusses the Significant Role of Public News Broadcasting |newspaper=Carleton College News|date=24 January 2014 |url=https://www.carleton.edu/news/stories/convocation-discusses-the-significant-role-of-public-news-broadcasting/ |accessdate=}}</ref> He graduated from Duke University in 1983.<ref name=Shih>{{Cite news|first=Carol |last=Shih |authorlink= |title=Senior producer for Public Radio International to Share Peace Corps Experience |newspaper=Duke Today|date=February 9, 2011 |url= https://today.duke.edu/2011/02/werman.html |accessdate=}}</ref> After graduation, he joined the Peace Corps where he served in Togo and Burkina Faso for three years.<ref name=Shih /> While in Burkina Faso, he started freelancing for the BBC World Service<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theworld.org/|title=The World|website=The World from PRX|access-date=Jan 29, 2021}}</ref> and later moved to London where he produced the BBC program, ''Network Africa.''<ref name=Carleton/> "Radio impressed me in Africa," says Werman. "Everyone had one, broadcasts happened in many languages, and in the two coups I witnessed, the radio station was important booty: it and the electrical generator were always the first targets."<ref name=Carleton/>
In 1990, he moved back to the United States and started a new public radio station, WCFE-FM, in Plattsburgh, New York,<ref name=Caudell>{{Cite news|first=Robin |last=Caudell |authorlink= |title= Marco Werman wins Emmy |newspaper=Press Republican|date=November 15, 2007 |url= https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/amazing_neighbors/marco-werman-wins-emmy/article_c6f343cb-cb30-5269-85c0-b1f2c82c84fa.html |accessdate=}}</ref> where he hosted a daily two-hour news and public affairs show for four years.<ref name=Carleton/> In 1994, he moved to Rome, Italy where he was the correspondent for Monitor Radio.<ref name=Carleton/> In 1995, he was invited to assist in creating the format for ''The World'', where he has worked since.<ref name=Carleton/> In 1997, he began producing the Global Hit segment, in which musicians and global musical trends are linked and used as a lens to understand the news.<ref name=Carleton/> This segment has also become a popular podcast as part of the PRI News podcasts.
Werman has been the recipient of awards from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for an original radio drama that he wrote; the Sony Awards for an exposé on child labor in West African gold mines; from the New York Festivals for a BBC documentary on the 1987 assassination of Burkina Faso's president; and the first annual Unity award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for coverage of diversity issues.<ref name=Carleton/>
In 2006, Werman travelled to Libya, soon after Muammar al-Gaddafi renounced weapons of mass destruction, to film a documentary about the total solar eclipse that brought thousands of tourists to Libya.<ref name=Caudell/> In 2007, he won an Emmy for his story "Libya: Out of the Shadow" on the PBS program ''Frontline/World''.<ref name=Carleton/>
Werman is also the host and a reporter for a music series for PBS called "Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders," which he co-created with PBS producer Stephen Talbot.<ref name=Carleton/> The pilot aired in 2010. A new episode was broadcast on PBS in October 2012. He is also a presenter and interviewer for the PBS Arts online series, "Sound Tracks presents Quick Hits" where he has interviewed Jovanotti, Seu Jorge, Charles Bradley, Milos Karadaglic and Levon Helm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/show/sound-tracks/|title=Sound Tracks|accessdate=Jan 29, 2021|via=www.pbs.org}}</ref>
Werman also was a host of BBC World Service "Boston Calling", which explored how the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00y7fqz |title=BBC World Service - Boston Calling |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2021-01-29}}</ref> The last episode aired on 27 June 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csz70r|title=Boston Calling - Last call - BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=Jan 29, 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Werman is married to Schuyler Engel.<ref name=David/> He is a lifelong surfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2gldvl/i_am_marco_werman_host_of_the_public_radio_show/|title=I am Marco Werman, host of the public radio show PRI's The World. AMA : IAmA|date=16 September 2014 |accessdate=Jan 29, 2021}}</ref>
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