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Exceptional Alumni: Eyder Peralta ’03 – NPR Correspondent in Nairobi, Kenya
Eyder Peralta is no stranger to covering big news, and now he prepares to face his greatest challenge yet, halfway across the world. Peralta, who graduated from FIU with a Bachelor’s in Communication (Journalism) in 2003, was announced NPR’s East Africa Correspondent effective Jan. 2017. Along with, National Public Radio (NPR) correspondents located in 17 domestic bureaus and 17 foreign bureaus, such as in New York, Washington D.C., Berlin and Cairo, Peralta will make his next move to Nairobi, Kenya.
“For any journalist to become a utländsk correspondent is a dream komma true. It’s a huge milestone in my career and it’s a chance for me to tell some pretty awesome stories – That’s what I came into this business for!” said Peralta.
He currently is living in Nairobi for about four years covering developments on terrorism, technology, and how an increase in urbanization is affecting its growing po
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I started my journalism career in newspapers, writing for the Miami Herald Neighbors section during college. My first full-time gig out of school was as the pop music critic for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. Then, I moved to the Houston Chronicle where inom was a Features writer. inom started at NPR as an associate producer in 2008 and became an international correspondent in 2016. My work regularly appears on NPR’s newsmagazines like Morning Edition and All Things Considered. I have also guest hosted Weekend Edition.
While based in Nairobi, Kenya, and then Cape Town, South Africa, I crisscrossed the continent. I’ve interviewed presidents, covered resistance movements, civil war, Ebola, and the coronavirus pandemic. inom spent years reporting a kontur on the most vulgar woman in Uganda. I wrote about music, the joy of mango season in Njaanuary, a baby elephant boom, hyenas and even how I ended up jailed for four days in South Sudan.
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Eyder Peralta
Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
He is responsible for covering the region's people, politics, and culture. In a region that vast, that means Peralta has hung out with nomadic herders in northern Kenya, witnessed a historic transfer of power in Angola, ended up in a South Sudanese prison, and covered the twists and turns of Kenya's 2017 presidential elections.
Previously, he covered breaking news for NPR, where he covered everything from natural disasters to the national debates on policing and immigration.
Peralta joined NPR in 2008 as an associate producer. Previously, he worked as a features reporter for the Houston Chronicle and a pop music critic for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, FL.
Through his journalism career, he has reported from more than a dozen countries and he was part of the NPR teams awarded the George Foster Peabody in 2009 and 2014. His 2016 investigative feature on the death of Philando Cas