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Hanna Rosin's 2017 Gracie Award in the Reporter/Correspondent- Non-Commercial Syndicated category. Eric Lee/NPR hide caption

NPR displays its Webby Awards at NPR HQ. Eric Lee/NPR hide caption

From left to right: Russell Lewis, Tom Goldman, and Melissa Block. Courtesy of Melissa Block hide caption

NPR's top Instagram posts of the year. (Left) Rescuers in Houston retrieve a dog after flooding from Hurricane Harvey. (Center) Sarah and her mom Tamara traveled from Detroit to be part of the the Women's March on Washington. (Right) A still image from an episode of NPR's Hot Pot series on food and memory. David Greene, Meg Kelly/NPR hide caption

Sam Sanders (left) is the host of NPR's new podcast, It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders, and Brent Baughman (right) is the producer. Alexandria Lee/NPR hide caption

President Barack Obama laughs with Frank Deford as he awards him the 2012 National Humanities Medal for transforming how we think about sports, during a ceremony in the East Room of White House on July 10, 2013 Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

Snapshots from the road by NPR journalists Don Gonyea, Frank Langfitt and Melissa Block NPR hide caption

Up First is designed with digital listeners in mind but will also serve as a preview of the news stories that will be treated in depth on public radio stations across the country throughout the day. Hugo Rojo/NPR hide caption