Now Playing

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

Mark MemmottRSS
All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

Mark Memmott

Credit Doby Photography / NPR

Mark Memmott is one of the hosts of NPR's "The Two-Way" news blog.

"The Two-Way," which Memmott helped to launched when he came to NPR in 2009, focuses on breaking news, analysis, and the most compelling stories being reported by NPR News and other news media.

Before joining NPR, Memmott worked for nearly 25 years as a reporter and editor at USA Today. He focused on a range of coverage from politics, foreign affairs, economics, and the media. He's reported from places across the Unites States and the world, including half a dozen trips to Afghanistan in 2002-2003.

During his time at USA Today, Memmott, helped launch and lead three USAToday.com news blogs: "On Deadline;" "The Oval;" and "On Politics," the site's 2008 presidential campaign blog.

Pages

The Two-Way
2:13 pm
Wed November 16, 2011

New Judge Named To Handle Penn State Scandal Case

Share
E-mail
Comments
By

A judge from a different Pennsylvania county who "has no known connections with Pennsylvania State University, the Second Mile charity, nor any officers or representatives of any of those entities," will handle the Dec. 7 preliminary hearing of the case against accused child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports.

Read more
The Two-Way
1:50 pm
Wed November 16, 2011

Benetton Drops Image Of Pope Kissing Imam After Vatican Objects

Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Reacting to sharp objections from the Vatican over a digitally created ad image showing Pope Benedict XVI kissing an Egyptian imam, Benetton has quickly agreed to drop the photo illustration from its new "Unhate" campaign.

The company just posted this statement:

Read more
The Two-Way
1:31 pm
Wed November 16, 2011

Other Victims Of Arizona Rampage Move On Without Letting Go

Next imagePrevious image
Credit Ron Medvescek / Courtesy Arizona Daily Star
Suzi Hileman inspects an aloe on her front porch on Wednesday, Aug. 24.
Credit Eric Thayer / Reuters /Landov
Ross Zimmerman, father of Gabe Zimmerman, mourns at his son's memorial service in Tucson, Arizona Jan. 17.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

We've heard from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in recent days about her slow recovery from being shot in the head on Jan. 8.

There were 18 other victims of that day's shooting rampage in Tucson — six of whom died. And beyond them, there are dozens of family members and loved ones in pain about what happened.

Read more
The Two-Way
9:15 am
Wed November 16, 2011

Bullets Found At White House, One Struck A Window

Credit U.S. Park Police
The "Israel" tattoo on Ortega-Herndandez's neck.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Originally published on Wed November 16, 2011 12:27 pm

(New top to this post added at 2:20 p.m. ET)

The U.S. Secret Service just confirmed that Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez has been arrested in connection with the gunshots fired Friday night in Washington — one of which apparently hit a window at the White House.

In a statement sent to reporters, the agency says:

Read more
The Two-Way
7:40 am
Wed November 16, 2011

Manufacturing Output Up For Fourth Straight Month

Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Though the U.S. economy faces lots of problems, as we said yesterday, there are some encouraging signs out there too.

Read more

Pages