Jennifer Ludden
Jennifer Ludden helps edit energy and environment stories for NPR's National Desk, working with NPR staffers and a team of public radio reporters across the country. They track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change.
Previously, Ludden was an NPR correspondent covering family life and social issues, including the changing economics of marriage, the changing role of dads, and the ethical challenges of reproductive technology. She's also covered immigration and national security.
Ludden started reporting with NPR while based overseas in West Africa, Europe and the Middle East. She shared in two awards (Overseas Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists) for NPR's coverage of the Kosovo war in 1999, and won the Robert F. Kennedy Award for her coverage of the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When not navigating war zones, Ludden reported on cultural trends, including the dying tradition of storytellers in Syria, the emergence of Persian pop music in Iran, and the rise of a new form of urban polygamy in Africa.
Ludden has also reported from Canada and at public radio stations in Boston and Maine. She's a graduate of Syracuse University with degrees in television, radio, and film production and in English.
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More and more women have had to become their family's primary source of income. But women still don't make as much money as men. When a woman becomes the breadwinner, her family must survive on less than half of their previous income. -
More and more women have had to become their family's primary source of income. But women still don't make as much money as men. When a woman becomes the breadwinner, her family must survive on less than half of their previous income.
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In the contentious debate over immigration, critics often assert that immigrants and their children are not learning English as quickly as previous waves of newcomers did. In one Wisconsin town, German flourished as a dominant language and culture almost until World War II. -
Despite overall decreases in violent crime in the U.S., a study finds a sharp increase in murders of and by black males, especially teenagers. The authors of the report say several factors could be to blame, including homeland security duties for police after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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President-elect Barack Obama formally tapped New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be his commerce secretary. Richardson is the highest-ranking Hispanic so far in Obama's administration, something Hispanic leaders are watching closely.
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Organizers have unveiled the National Immigrant Bond Fund, to which immigrants arrested in workplace raids can apply for help in paying bail. A Boston financier is helping launch the fund, saying he was shocked at the treatment of those arrested.
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This week, NPR's Jennifer Ludden looked at what happens when a country — in particular, El Salvador — has to take back a large number of its own nationals deported by the United States. What are the effects of their migration and their return?
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The Senate has postponed a vote on its controversial immigration bill to June in order to have fuller debate. Opposition is widespread from unions, activists, businesses, and others. In the meantime, floor debate resumes today with dozens of amendments expected to be proposed.
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The immigration bill shaping up in the Senate would mark a drastic change in four decades of immigration law. The proposal resembles laws in Canada and Australia. Critics are warning of potential pitfalls. -
A federal judge in Pennsylvania is considering whether an ordinance passed by the city of Hazleton is legal. City officials are seeking to penalize people who hire and rent property to illegal immigrants.
