Bill Buzenberg credits ‘Career Day’ at MHS for his study of journalism at Kansas State, where he was on the staff of the Collegian. Following his graduation and two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, he worked several years in newspapers. Moving to radio in 1978, he was a foreign affairs correspondent for National Public Radio for 11 years. 
Named NPR London bureau chief in 1986, he became NPR’s first managing editor in 1989, then Vice President of News and Information from 1990 to 1997. He extended the NPR newscast services to 24 hours a day and was responsible for expanding or launching what are now considered NPR signature programs.
The news division was honored with nine DuPont-Columbia Batons and 10 Peabody Awards during his tenure. Buzenberg himself has also won numerous awards, including the Edward R. Murrow award, public radio’s highest honor. From 1998 through 2006, Buzenberg served as Senior Vice President of News for Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media. There he launched and produced public radio’s major documentary and investigative journalism unit, American Radio Works, and introduced Speaking of Faith, a program on religion, meaning, and ethics. In 2007, Bill Buzenberg became the Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, an independent non-partisan, investigative journalism organization. He lives in Washington DC.