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
Science
Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things
Most of us are unethical without realizing it, researchers say. Exhibit A: the story of Toby Groves.
Shots - Health Blog
To Predict Dating Success, The Secret's In The Pronouns
A psychologist says he learns a lot about relationships by analyzing language and use of some words.
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.
