Ann Taylor is a newscaster for National Public Radio (NPR), contributing to All Things Considered

All Things Considered

All Things Considered is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio. It was the first news program on NPR, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets...

since 1989. She graduated from Chatham Hall

Chatham Hall

Chatham Hall is an all-girls college-preparatory boarding school located in Chatham, Virginia, United States. Graduating classes are fewer than forty students each year. The school was founded as Chatham Episcopal Institute in 1894, Chatham Hall. The athletics teams play in the Blue Ridge Conference...

 and attended Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College is a liberal arts women's college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, about north of Lynchburg, Virginia. The school's Latin motto translates as: "She who has earned the rose may bear it."...

, before transferring to and graduating from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

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. She was a newscaster for WATE

Waté

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 in Knoxville and WTOP

WTOP-FM

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 in Washington, DC prior to joining NBC

NBC

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, where she was awarded the Gabriel Certificate of Merit.