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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President Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill passed the Senate. It would cut trillions in taxes. It also would make the biggest cuts to the social safety net in decades — to things like food aid.
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The Trump administration wants to allow a cutoff date for housing subsidies. The plan is deeply controversial, but Delaware offers a potential model for success. -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to limit the amount of time people can get federal rental subsidies and add work requirements, according to an internal document seen by NPR.
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A housing agency rule would also allow work requirements. Supporters say a time limit would help spread limited funds to more people, but critics warn it would leave some homeless. -
The Trump administration would like to impose time limits on how long people can get federal rental subsidies, NPR has learned. A handful of places already do it. NPR visited one to see how it works.
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The man suspected of killing two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C. has been charged with murder. Officials say they're continuing to investigate the attack as a possible hate crime.
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Authorities are piecing together the circumstances about Wednesday's fatal shootings outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The suspect shouted "free free Palestine" as he was taken into custody.
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The Vietnam veteran and former businessman got his diploma from South Carolina State University on Friday. He signed up for classes after hearing about the police killing of protesting students in 1968. -
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service. -
The Trump administration slashed funding for the national service agency and fired most of its staff. 32,000 people, mostly young adults, were forced to stop work immediately. -
The proposal would cut off rental subsidies after two years for able-bodied adults. Advocates warn if enacted, the White House plan would tip many low-income renters over the edge into homelessness. -
The federal housing agency says its 1968 building faces more than $500 million in deferred maintenance. It also says current staff take up only half the space.
