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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Abandoned imaginary friends now have a place to call home. Craig McCracken, whose Powerpuff Girls took the nation by storm in the 1990s, has a new Cartoon Network series: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Hear McCracken and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.
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David Hicks, an Australian detainee at Guantanamo Bay, was charged by a U.S. military tribunal last week. A new documentary follows Hicks' father through Pakistan and Afghanistan, where his son was captured in 2001. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Terry Hicks.
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A search is under way in Norway for the iconic painting The Scream, stolen Sunday morning from the Munch Museum. Armed men took the expressionist work by Edvard Munch and several other paintings during the museum's regular touring hours. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and museum employee Jurunn Christoffersen.
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NPR's Jennifer Ludden discusses the impact of the Iraq war and other aspects of Bush administration foreign policy with three foreign journalists: Ian Black of The Guardian, Matthias Rub of Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Hisham Melhem of the Lebanese paper As-Safir.
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Ten of thousands have been killed in the western region of Sudan, victims of ethnic cleansing and civil unrest. Millions of refugees have sought safety in other villages and in camps over the border in Chad. Talks to end the conflict are scheduled to begin Monday, days after the United Nations extracted a promise from the government to help refugees return home. Hear NPR's Jason Beaubien and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.
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Fighting continues in Najaf between U.S. forces and militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The militia remain concentrated in and around the Imam Ali shrine. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.
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U.S. forces clash again in Najaf with fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Efforts by the Iraqi government to reach a disarmament deal with Sadr are at an impasse, and his forces continue to hold the Imam Ali shrine. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Washington Post reporter Karl Vick.
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A thousand delegates begin a conference in Baghdad to choose an interim national assembly. The proceedings were disrupted when insurgents fired mortar shells that hit a bus station near the meeting hall, killing two people. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Ivan Watson.
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In the latest edition of the series "What Are You Listening To?" political science professor Waleed Hazbun of Baltimore dips into a collection of music that his wife calls "Soulful World Mix" — sounds that cross genres and borders. NPR's Jennifer Ludden listens along. -
Marc Broussard has the husky voice of a Motown legend, but he's just a Louisiana boy at heart. His debut CD, Carencro, is named for his hometown. He chats with NPR's Jennifer Ludden.
