America Abroad is an international affairs public radio program produced by America Abroad Media that is distributed in the United States by Public Radio International

Public Radio International

Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...

 (PRI). The program is also distributed internationally by National Public Radio (NPR) Worldwide. The program is anchored by Ray Suarez

Ray Suarez

Rafael Suarez, Jr. , known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist. Suarez joined the PBS NewsHour in 1999 and became a senior correspondent for the evening news program on the PBS television network. He is also host of the international news and analysis public radio program America...

 and Deborah Amos, and it broadcasts on more than 220 US public radio stations, including 9 of the top 10 and 21 of the top 25 markets. The program can also be heard on XM satellite radio

XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...

 and in more than 145 countries on NPR Worldwide. America Abroad reaches an estimated 700,000 listeners in the United States, and more than 1,000,000 listeners around the world.

Format

Each program is one hour, focuses on a single issue, and consists of four segments: a special report that brings listeners up to date on the status of the issue today with international and domestic perspectives; an in-depth history segment that draws on archival audio to provide context for current events; an eyewitness segment that features first-person reflections from decision-makers closely involved with a crisis or issue related to the theme; and a report from abroad that provides listeners with non-US perspectives and insights on the issue at hand.

Staff

Hosts

• Ray Suarez
  Ray Suarez
  Rafael Suarez, Jr. , known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist. Suarez joined the PBS NewsHour in 1999 and became a senior correspondent for the evening news program on the PBS television network. He is also host of the international news and analysis public radio program America...
  
  
• Deborah Amos

Contributors

• Elizabeth Arnold
  Elizabeth Arnold
  Elizabeth Ann Arnold , also known as Lizzie Arnold, is an American beauty queen, socialite and aspiring actress who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants....
  
  
• Marvin Kalb
  Marvin Kalb
  Marvin L. Kalb is an American journalist. Kalb was the Shorenstein Center's Founding Director and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy . The Shorenstein Center and the Kennedy School are part of Harvard University...
  
  
• Steve Roberts
  Steve Roberts
  Steve Roberts is a British comics artist, best known for his work on the long-running humour strip Bec & Kawl ....
  
  
• Garrick Utley
  Garrick Utley
  Garrick Utley is an American TV journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent covering the war on-site.-Early life:...
  
  
• Margaret Warner
  Margaret Warner
  Margaret Garrard Warner is a senior correspondent for The PBS NewsHour. Before joining the NewsHour in 1993, she was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Concord Monitor, and Newsweek....
  
  
• Andrea Koppel
  Andrea Koppel
  Andrea Koppel is an American communications strategist, and a former TV journalist.-Education and career:She attended Stone Ridge and earned a bachelor's degree in political science with a concentration in Chinese language and Asian studies from Middlebury College, and is fluent in Mandarin...
  
  

Executive Producer

• Aaron Lobel

Senior Producers

• Sean Carberry
• Matt Ozug

Associate Producer

• Monica Bushman

Senior Researcher

• Chris Williams

Program Advisor

• Steve Martin

Web Producer

• Javier Barrera

History

America Abroad began broadcasting on February 1, 2003, with a debut program on the invasion of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

. The program was broadcast six times per year until a debut as a monthly program in September 2007.

External links

• America Abroad Media
• America Abroad at Public Radio International
  Public Radio International
  Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...
  
  
• America Abroad Podcast