Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the United States.
John Charles Hockenberry -LRB- born June 4 , 1956 -RRB- is an American journalist and author , a four-time Emmy Award winner and three-time Peabody Award winner .. Hockenberry. Hockenberry ( television show ). American. United States. journalist. journalist. author. author. Emmy Award. Emmy Award. Peabody Award. Peabody Award. Since April 2008 , Hockenberry has been host of The Takeaway , a live national news program created by Public Radio International and WNYC New York .. Hockenberry. Hockenberry ( television show ). The Takeaway. The Takeaway ( Radio ). Public Radio International. Public Radio International. WNYC. WNYC. Hockenberry has reported from all over the world , reporting on a wide variety of stories in virtually every medium for more than three decades .. Hockenberry. Hockenberry ( television show ). He has written dozens of magazine and newspaper articles , a play , and two books , including the bestselling memoir Moving Violations  : War Zones , Wheelchairs , and Declarations of Independence , which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award , and the novel A River Out Of Eden .. He has written for The New York Times , The New Yorker , Wired , The Columbia Journalism Review , Metropolis , and The Washington Post .. Hockenberry has appeared as a presenter or moderator at many design and idea conferences around the world including the TED conference , the World Science Festival in New York and in Brisbane , the Mayo Clinic 's Transform Symposium and the Aspen Comedy Festival .. Hockenberry. Hockenberry ( television show ). He has been a Distinguished Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and serves on the White House Fellows Committee .. MIT Media Lab. MIT Media Lab. He is a prominent figure in the disability rights movement ; Hockenberry sustained a spinal cord injury in a car crash at the age of 19 , which left him with paraplegia from the chest down .. Hockenberry. Hockenberry ( television show ). disability rights movement. disability rights movement. spinal cord injury. spinal cord injury. paraplegia. paraplegia