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‘We wanted to sound as if we were talking over the back fence to a friend.’ Remembering Susan Stamberg

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National Public Radio broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg
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National Public Radio journalist Susan Stamberg is pictured during a ceremony to award her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Los Angeles.

A journalist who helped forge public media has died. NPR veteran Susan Stamberg passed away Thursday at age 87. In this 2010 interview, she tells Colorado Matters Sr. Host Ryan Warner about the creation of All Things Considered. Stamberg served as host, becoming the first woman in the country to host an evening news program.