John Hockenberry
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John Hockenberry (b. June 4, 1957) is an American journalist. He has won four Emmy awards and three Peabody Awards. Hockenberry is also a regular commentator on the Infinite Mind. He is a paraplegic.
He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and lost the use of his legs in an auto accident at the age of 19. He attended the University of Chicago and the University of Oregon.
He currently lives between his homes in New York and in Massachusetts with his wife, Alison, and four children (two sets of twins) Zoe, Olivia, Regan and Zachary.
[edit] Journalism Career
Hockenberry's career started at National Public Radio, where he was most notable for hosting a 2-hour nightly news show called HEAT with John Hockenberry (1989-1990). During his 15 years with NPR, he worked as a Middle East correspondent, reporting on the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and 1992. Beginning in November 1991 he served as the first host of NPR's Talk of the Nation. He also worked for ABC News and before joining Dateline NBC as a correspondent in 1996. He reported the Kosovo War in 1999. His weekly radio commentaries have been heard for the past eight years on the nationally broadcast public radio program The Infinite Mind.
He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, I.D., Wired, The Columbia Journalism Review, Details, and The Washington Post. His books include A River Out Of Eden (ISBN 0-385-72150-1), Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence (ISBN 0-7868-8162-3), and has written about "The Blogs of War" in Wired Magazine.
In 1996 he appeared off-Broadway in his one-man autobiographical play, Spokeman.
In May of 2006, he began writing his own blog, titled "The Blogenberry", and is a contributing editor for Wired Magazine, and Metropolis Magazine.
John C. Hockenberry the journalist should not be confused with John F. Hockenberry, a lawyer for The Washington Post.
[edit] Million Dollar Bigot
In 2005 he wrote a scathing review of the film "Million Dollar Baby" titled, "And the Loser Is". The review also promoted a disability website titled "Million Dollar Bigot" that was producing a documentary, also titled Million Dollar Bigot featuring opposition to the Academy Award winning film. The film, completed in 2005, features Hockenberry as well as many other disability activists. The film is available on google video, Million Dollar Bigot, and the internet archive.
