Sarah Koenig
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Sarah Koenig in 2015
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Born | Sarah Augusta Koenig July 9, 1969 New York City, United States |
Alma mater | University of Chicago (AB) |
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Known for | Host and executive producer of Serial |
Spouse(s) | Ben Schreier |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Maria Eckhart Koenig Matthiessen Julian Koenig |
Family | Peter Matthiessen (step-father) Lester Koenig (uncle) |
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Sarah Koenig (/ˈkeɪnɪɡ/; born July 9, 1969 in New York City)[3] is an American journalist, public radio personality, former[4] producer of the television and radio program This American Life,[5] and the host and executive producer of the podcast Serial.[6]
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Early life
Koenig was born July 1969 in New York City to Julian Koenig and his second wife, Maria Eckhart.[3] Sarah is Jewish.[7] Her father was a well-known copywriter. After her parents' divorce, Sarah’s mother married writer Peter Matthiessen.[8] Koenig graduated from the University of Chicago in 1990 with an A.B., majoring in Political Science. She attended Columbia University for a postgraduate degree in Russian history, but she left after two weeks.[9]
Career
After graduating from college Koenig began working as a reporter at The East Hampton Star.[10] Then she worked in Russia as a reporter for ABC News and later for The New York Times.[11] She covered the State House (politics) for the Concord Monitor and later for the Baltimore Sun.[2]
She began working as a producer for This American Life in January 2004.[11] She co-produced the 2006 Peabody Award-winning episode of This American Life titled "Habeas Schmabeas."[12]
In 2013, she began work on a spinoff podcast of the This American Life radio program titled Serial, which debuted in October 2014. Serial was honored with a Peabody award in April 2015, noting that it took podcasting into the cultural mainstream.[13]
Recognition and honors
TIME magazine named Koenig one of "The 100 Most Influential People" on April 16, 2015.[14] Also in 2015, she was named as one of The Forward 50.[15]
Personal life
Koenig is the daughter of advertising copywriter Julian Koenig and Maria (Eckhart) Matthiessen. Her stepfather was novelist Peter Matthiessen.
Koenig attended Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts.[16] She lives in State College, Pennsylvania,[17] with her husband, Ben Schreier, an associate professor of Jewish studies and English at Penn State,[17] and their two children.
In popular culture
In the fortieth season of Saturday Night Live, Sarah was portrayed by Cecily Strong in a segment titled "Serial: The Christmas Surprise", a parody of Sarah's investigative podcast, Serial.[18][19] In 2015, Koenig cameoed as herself in the second season episode of BoJack Horseman, "Out to Sea", voicing Diane Nguyen's ringtone with a parody of her Serial introduction.[20] This came a season after podcaster Ira Glass held the same to-be-recurring role.[21] In Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, the podcast All is Not OK In Oklahoma and character Cinda Canning played by Tina Fey were inspired by Sarah Koenig and her podcast Serial.[22]
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