Alix Spiegel
Correspondent, Science Desk
Highlights from Alix Spiegel
NPR correspondent Alix Spiegel works on the Science desk and covers psychology.
Arriving at NPR in 2003, much of Spiegel's reporting has been on the subject of mental health. She has reported on everything from the psychological impact of killing another person, to the emotional devastation of Katrina, to psycho-therapeutic approaches to transgender children.
Over the course of her career in public radio, Spiegel has won awards including the George Foster Peabody Award, Livingston Award, and Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. Spiegel's 2007 documentary revealing mental health issues and crime plaguing a Southern Mississippi FEMA trailer park housing Katrina victims was recognized with Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Spiegel graduated from Oberlin College. She began her career in radio in 1995 as one of the founding producers of the public radio show This American Life. Spiegel left the show in 1999 to become a full time reporter. She has also written for The New Yorker magazine and The New York Times.
More From Alix Spiegel
Children's Health
More Children Struggle With Gender Identity Disorder
A decade ago, most pediatricians never encountered the idea of gender identity disorder in kids.
Shots - Health Blog
A Fresh Look At Antidepressants Finds Low Risk Of Youth Suicide
The findings add a wrinkle to the long-running debate over the treatment of depressed young people.
Shots - Health Blog
When It Comes To Depression, Serotonin Isn't The Whole Story
Conventional wisdom holds that a chemical imbalance causes depression. The truth is more complex.
