Eric Niiler, NPR Biography
Freelance Reporter
Eric Niiler reports for NPR's national desk. His work can be heard on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and other NPR newsmagazines. Before moving to his current post, Niiler was a reporter for NPR's Day to Day program, and also filed pieces for NPR's national and science desks.
Niiler comes to NPR from KPBS Radio in San Diego, Calif., where he covered immigration and border issues between the United States and Mexico. In April 2004, he was an embedded reporter with U.S. Marines in Iraq reporting for KPBS and NPR.
Before joining KPBS in 2001, Niiler worked as a freelance journalist in San Diego. He contributed his knowledge of Mexico and the environment to various publications including Scientific American, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and the Christian Science Monitor.
Niiler also worked as a staff writer for newspapers in West Virginia, Massachusetts, and at the San Diego Union-Tribune.
He has won print and radio journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the California Chicano News Media Association, Southern California Broadcaster's Association, and San Diego Press Club.
Niiler graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a master's degree in science journalism from Boston University.
