Bill Chappell
Bill Chappell is on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.
Chappell's work for NPR includes being the lead writer for , from London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 to Pyeongchang in 2018 鈥� stints that also included posting numerous videos and photos to NPR's Instagram and other branded accounts. He has also previously been NPR.org's homepage editor.
Chappell established the Peabody Award-winning on NPR's website; his assignments also include being the lead web producer for NPR's trip to Asia's . Chappell has coordinated special digital features for Morning Edition and Fresh Air, in addition to editing the rundown of All Things Considered. He also frequently contributes to other NPR blogs, such as .
At NPR, Chappell has trained both digital and radio staff to tell compelling stories, promoting more collaboration between departments and desks.
Chappell was a key editorial member of the small team that performed one of NPR's largest website redesigns. One year later, NPR.org won its first Peabody Award, along with the National Press Foundation's Excellence in Online Journalism award.
Prior to joining NPR, Chappell was part of the Assignment Desk at CNN International, working with reporters in areas from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Chappell also edited and produced stories for 's features division, before moving on to edit video and produce stories for Sports Illustrated's website.
Early in his career, Chappell wrote about movies, restaurants, and music for alternative weeklies, in addition to his first job: editing the police blotter.
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Derek Chauvin now faces an additional charge of second-degree murder, and three other former Minneapolis police officers are accused of aiding and abetting murder. -
In Minneapolis, where Floyd died, a semitrailer drove into a crowd of protesters on an interstate. Authorities in Kentucky say a man was killed as security forces confronted a crowd early Monday. -
The analysis from Columbia University focused on the period from March 15 to May 3, when states and counties implemented "measures enforcing social distancing and restricting individual contact." -
The authorization, announced by President Trump, comes days after preliminary results from a study of the drug showed it can help patients recover faster. -
The predicted death toll has fallen, Dr. Anthony Fauci says, because of Americans' embrace of physical separation and other restrictions. -
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes what he calls "the ultimate step" in his state's effort to stop the spread of a deadly coronavirus. Similar orders are coming from Connecticut, Nevada and New Jersey. -
It's the first time the WHO has called an outbreak a pandemic since the H1N1 "swine flu" in 2009. -
The governor is calling on the National Guard to support the containment area, which has a 1-mile radius, by delivering food and helping to clean public spaces. -
"We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission but which can also be contained with the right measures," the WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
