John Merrow
Education Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
President, Learning Matters
“Nobody reports on the treasures and traumas of public education better than John Merrow. He is, quite simply, the leading education journalist in America.”
— Jim Lehrer, former host of PBS NewsHour
John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974, with the weekly series, “Options in Education.” In 1984, he branched out into public television. He served as host of The Merrow Report, an award-winning documentary series, and currently is the Education Correspondent for PBS NewsHour as well as the founder and President of Learning Matters. Merrow’s work has taken him from community colleges to kindergarten classrooms, from the front lines of teacher protests to policy debates on Capitol Hill. His varied reporting has continually been on the forefront of education journalism. In the process, he’s won countless awards — including two Peabody Awards and four CINE Golden Eagles — and authored or edited a part of four books.
John and his wife, Joan, live in New York City.
