Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., and also previously covered Congress for NPR.
She appears regularly on television and radio outlets to discuss national politics. In 2016, Summers was a fellow at Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service.
She is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and is originally from Kansas City, Mo.
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NPR's Juana Summers has a wide-ranging conversation on the challenges facing college sports, from TV contracts to unionization efforts with NCAA President and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.
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A $2.8 billion settlement reached between the NCAA and five major conferences has paved the way for schools to pay athletes directly for playing. NCAA President Charlie Baker discusses the move. -
Closing arguments are expected on Tuesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. NPR's Juana Summers talks with jury expert Adam Shlahet about who presented the most compelling case to the jury.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Miranda Kaiser, a fifth-generation Rockefeller and the president of the Rockefeller Family Fund, about her efforts to take down the fossil fuel industry.
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The popularity of basketball in Rwanda can be seen on courts around the country, and some young players see it as a path to a bigger future. -
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dallas sports radio host Bob Sturm about the city experiencing an exciting sports moment with their NBA and NHL teams both in their respective conference finals.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with literary historian Jonathan Schroeder about stumbling upon an autobiography by John Swanson Jacobs.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kendall Spencer, former student athlete NCAA board member, about the NCAA and Power 5 athletic conferences agreeing to pay former student athletes almost $2.8 billion.
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Religious scholar Matthew Taylor explains the history behind the "Appeal To Heaven" flag, which was flown outside U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's beach house.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Scott and Seth Avett about their latest album, self titled "The Avett Brothers," which has been in the making since 2019.
