Bobby Allyn Biography
Bobby Allyn is an American journalist who serves as a business reporter at NPR based in San Francisco. He writes about technology and how Silicon Valley’s biggest firms are influencing society and changing how we live.
Bobby Allyn Age
Allyn was born in Wilkes-Barre. However, he likes to keep his personal life private hence he has not yet disclosed the date, month, or year he was born. However, he might be in his 30’s.
Bobby Allyn Height
Allen stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (1.7m).
Bobby Allyn Family
Allyn was born in Wilkes-Barre, a former mining town in Northeastern Pennsylvania, to a machinist and a church organist. However, he has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Bobby has any siblings.
Bobby Allyn Wife
Allyn is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of Bobby being in any past relationship with anyone.
Bobby Allyn Net Worth
Allyn has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a journalist.
Bobby Allyn Salary
Allyn earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Bobby Allyn Education
Allyn attended American University in Washington, where he studied philosophy and journalism and founded AWOL, a monthly news magazine. He has worked as an intern at a number of journals and newspapers before getting his first full-time job at The Tennessean.
Bobby Allyn NPR
Allyn relocated to San Francisco from Washington, where he covered national politics and breaking news. He formerly worked at member station WHYY, where he covered criminal justice. He was responsible for important corruption trials, law enforcement, and local criminal justice policies in that capacity. He was a key figure in NPR’s coverage of Bill Cosby’s two criminal trials.
After breaking a huge report regarding the nation’s first supervised injection site proposal in Philadelphia, he was a guest on Fresh Air. He’s worked on various investigative projects in between daily articles, including one that revealed how the federal government was discreetly engaging debt collection law firms to seek the residences of student borrowers who had defaulted on their loans.
Allyn also took a break from his beat to report on a citywide parking conflict, the final meal at one of the city’s few all-night cafes, and a tribute to the man who penned the Mister Softee jingle on a xylophone in his basement in Northeast Philadelphia.
Allyn has previously worked as a staff reporter for Nashville Public Radio as well as daily newspapers such as The Oregonian in Portland and The Tennessean in Nashville. BuzzFeed News, The Washington Post, and The New York Times have all published his work.
He’s a dedicated bike commuter and long-distance runner. Allyn is currently working at NPR where he works alongside other famous NPR anchors and reporters including;
- Erika Beras
- Eleanor Beardsley
- Adrian “Stretch” Bartos
- Amanda Aronczyk
- Ramtin Arablouei
- Deborah Amos
- Bobby Allyn
- Greg Allen
- Rund Abdelfatah