Word: blockings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...nice woman at admissions finally said, ‘you know, I think you’re happy doing what you’re doing. I don’t think you need to go to law school,’” Block recalled. “And I said ‘but I really like the option...
Instead of reapplying to Yale, Block found herself booking interviews at “All Things Considered” by 1985. She soon discovered that her options there were not drastically limited...
...unlike any other sort of radio so, once I found my niche, I had done just about every job there,” Block said. She worked her way from booker to producer before becoming a reporter for the show in 1993—a job that took her everywhere from the day-after debris of Sept. 11, 2001 to a reeling Mississipi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina...
...trip last month to China with co-host Robert Siegel, Block visited Chengdu and witnessed the earthquake that rocked the region, causing thousands of casualties and making international headlines. Block, who had been preparing to interview a Protestant minister when the quake started, was able to file a story narrated from the midst of the disaster...
...didn’t feel personally in danger at that moment,” said Block, recalling the episode. “People have said when they listen to me narrate what’s going on that I sounded remarkably calm and maybe I was in shock, or maybe it was just because I hadn’t seen buildings falling down around...