Becky Sullivan
Becky Sullivan has reported and produced for NPR since 2011 with a focus on hard news and breaking stories. She has been on the ground to cover natural disasters, disease outbreaks, elections and protests, delivering stories to both broadcast and digital platforms.
In January 2020, she traveled to Tehran to help cover the assassination and funeral of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, work that made NPR a Pulitzer finalist that year. Her work covering the death of Breonna Taylor won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Hard News.
Sullivan has spoken to armed service members in Afghanistan on the anniversary of Sept. 11, reported from a military parade in Pyongyang for coverage of the regime of Kim Jong-Un, visited hospitals and pregnancy clinics in Colombia to cover the outbreak of Zika and traveled Haiti to report on the aftermath of natural disasters. She's also reported from around the U.S., including Hurricane Michael in Florida and the mass shooting in San Bernardino.
She previously worked as a producer for All Things Considered, where she regularly led the broadcast and produced high-profile newsmaker interviews. Sullivan led NPR's special coverage of the 2018 midterm elections, multiple State of the Union addresses and other special and breaking news coverage.
Originally a Kansas Citian, Sullivan also regularly brings coverage of the Midwest and Great Plains region to NPR.
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After a volunteer collected more than 200 dead migratory birds from the sidewalks around the World Trade Center, bird groups in the city called on the complex to dim unnecessary lights at night. -
When CBS announced a new show where activists would take part in competitions, critics said the format made a mockery of actual activism. Now, the show will drop the competitive element.
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Fans gasped as the cat fell, then cheered when it survived. "If the cat can help our red-zone offense, I'll see if we can get it a scholarship," Miami's coach said afterward.
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The remnants of Hurricane Larry, this season's longest-lasting storm, brought 100-mph gusts and feet of snow to some places in Greenland as its summer of record-breaking warmth came to a close.
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More than 500 companies submitted applications for 6.5 million vaping products to the FDA. The agency ruled on some of them but did not yet make a decision on products made by Juul.
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For more than a year, the Supreme Court has been conducting hearings via teleconference. But starting in October, the justices will be back on the bench.
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Doctors at West Chester Hospital were forced to give ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient after his wife went to court. A judge has reversed the order, citing lack of medical support for the treatment.
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School is scheduled to begin Monday, but with hundreds of schools damaged or destroyed Haitian officials are considering a postponement.
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Belgian athlete Peter Genyn says his wheelchair was damaged in an act of "pure sabotage." A team raced to fix it in time for the final, where Genyn won gold.
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The secretary of transportation and his husband, Chasten, announced last month they had become parents. On Saturday, Buttigieg tweeted a picture of the couple with their two new children.
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In a tearful post-match news conference, the tennis superstar says the sport no longer makes her happy. "I honestly don't know when I'm going to play my next tennis match," she says.
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What should have been an ordinary Saturday at the emergency room instead became a day Dr. Antoine Titus cannot forget.
