Voices in the News: Indian Ocean Tsunami

By Robert Siegel,

Michael Sullivan, Steve Inskeep, Nora Raum, Melissa Block

Published January 2, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Weekend Edition Sunday presents a sound montage of some of the voices from this past week's earthquake and tsumani crisis, including Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs, NPR's Nora Raum, Charles McCreery of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, NPR's Karl Kasell, NPR's Michael Sullivan, NPR's Melissa Block, NPR's Robert Siegel, NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Carol Van Dam.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan is NPR's Senior Asia Correspondent. He moved to Hanoi to open NPR's Southeast Asia Bureau in 2003. Before that, he spent six years as NPR's South Asia correspondent based in but seldom seen in New Delhi.

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Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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Nora Raum

Melissa Block

As special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism's highest honors, and has made her one of NPR's most familiar and beloved voices.

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