Bill Chappell
Bill Chappell is a writer and editor on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.
Chappell's work for NPR includes being the lead writer for online coverage of several Olympic Games, from London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 to Pyeongchang in 2018 – stints that also included posting numerous videos and photos to NPR's Instagram and other branded accounts. He has also previously been NPR.org's homepage editor.
Chappell established the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps on NPR's website; his assignments also include being the lead web producer for NPR's trip to Asia's Grand Trunk Road. Chappell has coordinated special digital features for Morning Edition and Fresh Air, in addition to editing the rundown of All Things Considered. He also frequently contributes to other NPR blogs, such as The Salt.
At NPR, Chappell has trained both digital and radio staff to tell compelling stories, promoting more collaboration between departments and desks.
Chappell was a key editorial member of the small team that performed one of NPR's largest website redesigns. One year later, NPR.org won its first Peabody Award, along with the National Press Foundation's Excellence in Online Journalism award.
Prior to joining NPR, Chappell was part of the Assignment Desk at CNN International, working with reporters in areas from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Chappell also edited and produced stories for CNN.com's features division, before moving on to edit video and produce stories for Sports Illustrated's website.
Early in his career, Chappell wrote about movies, restaurants, and music for alternative weeklies, in addition to his first job: editing the police blotter.
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The 29-year-old from Missouri's Ozarks had last been seen in Budapest, Hungary. He said he was detained earlier this year after crossing into Syria on foot from Lebanon and held in prison until the fall of the Assad regime. -
A 15-year-old sophomore at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School collapsed and died during football practice this month. Similar tragedies have occurred repeatedly in several states. -
Saturday's hit-and-run crash involved two speeding cars on a Dallas highway. One of the cars that triggered the collision is believed to be registered under the Kansas City Chiefs player's name. -
The lawsuit adds to the scrutiny of Spirit AeroSystems, a manufacturer based in Wichita, Kansas, which also made the fuselage and the door plug that blew out of the side of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 during a flight last week. -
After a large walkout forced at least a dozen stores to shut down in the Kansas City area, CVS promises change. But critics say the crisis in staffing and unfair pay extends beyond that market. -
It takes 106 football players to sell out an NFL stadium — or one Taylor Swift. So when the pop superstar was linked to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, fans immediately took action. -
It was a confidential tip to the newspaper about the DUI history of a local restaurant owner that set the recent events in motion. But local newspapers report that the judge who signed the search warrant had her own history of drunk driving arrests. -
Law enforcement officers raided the office of the Marion County Record newspaper and a journalist's home. First Amendment experts are calling it a likely violation of federal law, and an "abuse of power." -
The charges, which are expected to be released in coming days, make Trump the first former president in United States history to be criminally indicted. -
China's foreign ministry described the balloon as "a civilian airship" for meteorological research that had blown far off course by winds. The Pentagon suspects it's collecting sensitive information. On Friday, it was spotted flying over Kansas and Missouri.
