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Celebrating Elizabeth Blair: NPR honors retiring arts correspondent with this 'Encore'

NPR | By Elizabeth Blair
Published July 4, 2026 at 7:43 AM EDT

We say goodbye to longtime NPR arts reporter Elizabeth Blair with this encore of her piece on one of the most American of songs: "This Land is Your Land."

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Elizabeth Blair is a Peabody Award-winning senior producer/reporter on the Arts Desk of NPR News.
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