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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As the nation marks the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., this week, fresh attention is paid to the current state of the civil rights movement, and its leaders. Hear Andrew Hacker, author of the 1992 book Two Nations; Claybourne Carson, director of the Martin Luther King Papers Project at Stanford University; and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.
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Military jurors sentence Army Spc. Charles Graner to 10 years in prison for his role in abuse of inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. He was convicted Friday of multiple counts of abuse. Graner testifed Saturday that he was ordered to "soften up" detainees for interrogators. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Jackie Northam.
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Across the U.S., the number of homicides in the past decade has declined, but prosecutors say it remains difficult to obtain murder convictions. With witnesses often reluctant to come forward, officials in Maryland are finding new ways to combat the problem. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports. -
NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with Yosita Oramahi, an Indonesian now living in Singapore, about the fate of her sister's family in Aceh province. Her sister's husband lost 50 family members.
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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that Serambi Indonesia, the only daily newspaper in Aceh province, resumed publication Sunday for the first time since the tsunami destroyed its main offices.
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NPR's Jennifer Ludden has a performance chat with American music icon Willie Nelson. Ludden caught up with Nelson while he was on tour promoting his new album It Will Always Be. -
NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks with Andrew Jack, outgoing Moscow bureau chief for the London-based Financial Times newspaper, about his new book Inside Putin's Russia.
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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reads from listeners' letters. Listeners commented on the Chrisitian beliefs of America's Founding Fathers, volunteering and digital photography's role in the current scrapbooking craze.
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NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks with NPR's Joe Palca about recent advances in the field of cloning. In 2004, South Korean scientists successfully cloned a human embryo and extracted stem cells from it. Scientists hope to use embryonic stem cells to develop therapies for diseases like diabetes or Parkinson's.
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A survey by a group called The Catalogue for Philanthropy finds the poorest American states score the highest on their "generosity index" for 2004 -- an annual scorecard ranking states by how much their residents give to charities in proportion to how much they have. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and George McCully, a trustee of the Ellis L. Phillips Foundation and project coordinator for The Catalogue for Philanthropy.
