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Deborah Amos is an award-winning journalist. She received a degree in broadcasting from the University of Florida in Gainsville. Early Life Although born in Glenrdige, New Jersey, Deborah Amos grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. There she went to Seminole High school. She then went on to receive a degree in broadcasting from the University of Florida in Gainsville. (Amos). Career In 1977 Amos began her career at NPR. She began as a director and producer for All Things Considered until 1979. After, she moved on to documentaries until 1985 two of which received prestigious awards (Deborah Amos). Soon after, NPR based her in Amman, Jordan as a foreign correspondent reporting on issues there. In 1993 she began working as an ABCNEWS correspondent (ABC News). Prior to joining the ABCNEWS team she worked for National Public Radio for 16 years. There she was most recently the London Bureau Chief (ABC News). Her reports can be heard on the award-winning shows Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. For a decade she worked in television on ABC’s Nightline and World News Tonight and the PBS programs Now with Bill Moyer and Frontline (Deborah Amos). After her work in television she returned to NPR (Deborah Amos). Awards Amos has also won numerous awards beginning in 1982 when she won the Prix Italia from Ohio State and then a and a duPont-Columbia Award for Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown. In 1984 she received a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Refugees (ABC News). In 2009 she received the Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting. She also spent 1991–1992 as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (About Deborah Amos). Published Works Debroah Amos is also the author of Lines in the Sand: Desert Storm and the Remaking of the Arab World (Simon and Schuster, 1992). (Deborah Amos) Her latest book Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East (Public Affairs, 2010). She currently lives in New York City. Works Cited ABC News. 4 October 2004. 7 April 2010 . About Deborah Amos. 7 April 2010 . Amos, Deborah. Deborah Amos: Early Life Caroline Vickerson. 8 April 2010. Deborah Amos. 7 April 2010 .