List of NPR personnel

The following is a list of National Public Radio personnel:

Leadership

NPR leadership, :

• Katherine Maher, president and CEO
• Jarl Mohn, president emeritus, board member of NPR Foundation, and co-chair of NPR's 50th anniversary capital campaign.
• Malik Abdullah, Vice President, Product
• Elizabeth A. Allen, Chief Legal Officer
• Meg Brennan, Vice President, Content Business Strategy & Operations
• Rachel Evans, Chief Development Officer
• Thomas Evans, Editor in Chief
• Stacey Foxwell, Vice president, operations
• Gemma Hooley, Senior Vice President, Member Partnership
• Lori Kaplan, Vice President, Audience Insights
• Daphne Kwon, CFO and treasurer
• Whitney M. Maddox, Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Eric Marrapodi, Vice President, News Programming
• Marta McLellan Ross, Chief of Staff
• Ryan Merkley, Chief Operating Officer
• Badri Munipalla, Vice President, Distribution
• Chris Nelson, Senior Vice President, Technology Operations
• Erica Osher, Vice President, AI Labs
• Julie Parr, Vice President, Development
• Mishka Pitter-Armand, Chief Marketing Officer
• Eva Rodriguez, Vice President and Executive Editor
• Yolanda Sangweni, Vice President, Programming and New Content Development
• Laura Soto-Barra, Vice President, Research, Archives and Data Strategy
• Joel Sucherman, Vice President, Audio Platform Strategy
• Sharahn Thomas-Fulton, Vice President, Content Operations
• Heather Walls, Senior Vice President, Communications
• Darryl Walston, Senior Vice President, People Team

News hosts

• Ailsa Chang – Co-Host, All Things Considered, Culver City, California
• Scott Detrow – Co-Host, weekend All Things Considered and Consider This
• Leila Fadel – Co-Host, Morning Edition*
• Deepa Fernandes – Co-Host, Here and Now
• Steve Inskeep – Co-Host, Morning Edition, Washington, D.C.
• Mary Louise Kelly – Co-Host, All Things Considered
• Michel Martin – Co-host, Morning Edition; since 2023
• A Martínez – Co-Host, Morning Edition, Culver City, California; since 2021
• Peter O'Dowd – Guest Host, Here and Now
• Ayesha Rascoe – Host, Weekend Edition Sunday, Co-Host NPR Sunday Puzzle
• Scott Simon – Host, Weekend Edition Saturday
• Juana Summers – Co-Host, All Things Considered
• Scott Tong – Co-Host, Here and Now
• Robin Young – Co-Host, Here and Now

Former news hosts

• Rachel Martin – Co-host, Morning Edition; 2016-2023
• Ari Shapiro – Co-host, All Things Considered; left October 2025
• Robert Siegel – Former Host, All Things Considered; retired January 2018
• Melissa Block – Special Correspondent and former Host, All Things Considered; retired from hosting in 2015, and retired from NPR in 2023

Syndicated hosts

• Rund Abdelfatah – Co-Host, Throughline
• Ramtin Arablouei – Co-Host, Throughline
• Amanda Aronczyk – Co-Host/ Reporter, Planet Money
• David Bianculli – TV Critic/Guest Host, Fresh Air
• Bob Boilen – Host, All Songs Considered
• Meghna Chakrabarti – Host, On Point
• Mary Childs – Co-Host/ Reporter, Planet Money
• Felix Contreras – Host, Alt.Latino
• Dave Davies – Guest Host, Fresh Air
• Gene Demby – Co-Host/ Correspondent, Code Switch
• Raina Douris – Host, World Cafe
• Karen Duffin – Co-Host/ Reporter, Planet Money
• Cardiff Garcia – Co-Host, The Indicator from Planet Money
• Jacob Goldstein –Co-Host/ Correspondent, Planet Money
• Sarah Gonzalez –Co-Host/ Reporter, Planet Money
• Terry Gross – Host, Fresh Air
• Aisha Harris – Co-Host, Pop Culture Happy Hour
• Robin Hilton – Host, All Songs Considered
• Maria Hinojosa – Host, Latino USA
• Linda Holmes – Co-Host, Pop Culture Happy Hour
• Kamilah Kashanie – Host, StoryCorps Podcast
• Bill Littlefield – Former host, Only A Game
• Tom and Ray Magliozzi – Former Hosts, Car Talk
• Christian McBride – Host, Jazz Night in America
• Kelly McEvers – Host, Embedded
• Kia Miaka Natisse – Co-Host, Invisibilia
• Christopher O'Riley – Former host, From the Top
• Guy Raz – Host, How I Built This
• Fiona Ritchie – Host, The Thistle & Shamrock
• Peter Sagal – Host, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me
• Sam Sanders – Correspondent/ Former host, It's Been a Minute
• Yowei Shaw – Co-Host, Invisibilia
• Madeline K. Sofia – Host, Short Wave
• Stacey Vanek Smith – Co-Host, The Indicator from Planet Money
• Stephen Thompson – Co-Host, Pop Culture Happy Hour
• Shankar Vedantam - Host, Hidden Brain
• Gregory Warner – Host, Rough Translation
• Glen Weldon – Co-Host, Pop Culture Happy Hour
• Jenn White – Host, 1A
• Manoush Zomorodi – Host, TED Radio Hour

NPR News

Correspondents and reporters

Washington Desk

• Ximena Bustillo - Multiplatform Reporter, Washington Desk
• Susan Davis – Congressional Correspondent
• Ron Elving – Senior Editor/ Correspondent, Washington Desk
• Don Gonyea – National Political Correspondent
• Claudia Grisales – Congressional Reporter
• Carrie Johnson – Justice Correspondent
• Tamara Keith – White House Correspondent
• Michele Kelemen – Correspondent, State Department
• Danielle Kurtzleben – Political Reporter
• Mara Liasson – National Political Correspondent
• Ryan Lucas – Justice Correspondent
• Domenico Montanaro – Senior Political Editor/ Correspondent, Washington Desk
• Greg Myre – Correspondent, National Security
• Brian Naylor – Correspondent, Washington Desk
• Franco Ordoñez – White House Correspondent
• Miles Parks – Reporter, Voting and Elections
• Deepa Shivaram - White House Correspondent (formerly Multiplatform Reporter, Washington Desk).
• Kelsey Snell – Congressional Correspondent
• Barbara Sprunt – Congressional Reporter
• Nina Totenberg – Correspondent, Legal Affairs, Washington Desk
• Deirdre Walsh – Congress Editor/ Acting Congressional Correspondent
• David Welna – Correspondent, Washington Desk

National Desk

• Noah Adams – Contributing Correspondent, National Desk
• Greg Allen – Correspondent, National Desk, Miami
• Chris Arnold – Correspondent, National Desk, Boston
• Tom Bowman – Pentagon Reporter, National Desk, Washington
• John Burnett – Correspondent, National Desk, Austin, Texas - retired 2023
• Cheryl Corley – Correspondent, National Desk, Chicago
• Debbie Elliott – Correspondent, National Desk
• Adrian Florido – Correspondent, National Desk
• Jasmine Garsd – Correspondent, National Desk
• Wade Goodwyn – Correspondent, National Desk, Dallas (1991–2023)
• Richard Gonzales – Correspondent, National Desk, San Francisco
• Sally Herships – Freelance Reporter
• Ina Jaffe (d. 2024) – Correspondent, National Desk, Culver City, CA
• Martin Kaste – Law Enforcement Correspondent, National Desk, Seattle
• Quil Lawrence – Veterans Correspondent, New York
• Brian Mann – Correspondent, Addiction Issues
• Sarah McCammon – Correspondent, National Desk/ Guest Host
• Joel Rose – Correspondent, Immigration, National Desk
• Nathan Rott – Correspondent, Environment and the American West, National Desk
• David Schaper – Reporter, National Desk, Chicago
• Kirk Siegler – Correspondent, National Desk, Boise
• Tovia Smith – Correspondent, National Desk, Boston
• Hansi Lo Wang – Correspondent, National Desk
• Eric Westervelt – Correspondent, National Desk, San Francisco

International Desk

• Deborah Amos – International Correspondent
• Jane Arraf – International Correspondent, Cairo
• Anas Baba - Reporter, Gaza
• Eleanor Beardsley – International Correspondent, Paris
• Daniel Estrin – International Correspondent, Jerusalem
• Emily Feng – International Correspondent, Beijing
• Lauren Frayer – International Correspondent, London
• Diaa Hadid – International Correspondent, Mumbai
• Carrie Kahn – International Correspondent, Rio de Janeiro
• Joanna Kakissis – International Contributor, Athens
• Peter Kenyon – International Correspondent, Istanbul
• Anthony Kuhn – Foreign Correspondent, Seoul
• Frank Langfitt – International Correspondent, London
• Charles Maynes – International Correspondent, Moscow
• Julie McCarthy – International Correspondent, Southeast Asia
• Jackie Northam – Correspondent, International Affairs
• John Otis – Freelance Reporter, Bogotá
• Eyder Peralta – International Correspondent, Mexico City (since 2022)
• Sylvia Poggioli – Former Senior European Correspondent, Foreign Desk, retired 2023
• Ofeibea Quist-Arcton – former International Correspondent, Dakar, retired
• Philip Reeves – International Correspondent, London
• John Ruwitch – Reporter, U.S.- China Relations
• Rob Schmitz – International Correspondent, Berlin
• Ruth Sherlock – International Correspondent, Lebanon
• Teri Schultz – Freelance International Reporter, Brussels
• Michael Sullivan – International Correspondent, Senior Asia Correspondent

Arts Desk

• Eric Deggans – TV Critic
• Mandalit del Barco – Correspondent, Arts Desk, Culver City, CA
• Andrew Limbong – Reporter, Arts Desk
• Jeff Lunden – Freelance Arts Reporter
• Bob Mondello – Movie Critic
• Ann Powers – Music Critic
• Neda Ulaby – Reporter, Arts Desk

Business Desk

• Bobby Allyn – Technology Correspondent, Los Angeles
• Shannon Bond – Technology Correspondent, San Francisco
• Camila Domonoske – Correspondent, Business Desk
• David Gura (2021-2024) – Correspondent
• Scott Horsley – Chief Economics Correspondent
• Andrea Hsu – Labor and Workplace Correspondent
• Yuki Noguchi – Correspondent, Business Desk
• Alina Selyukh – Correspondent, Business Desk

Culture Desk

• Elizabeth Blair – Correspondent, Culture Desk
• Anastasia Tsioulcas – Correspondent, Culture Desk

Science Desk

• Nurith Aizenman – Correspondent, Global Health and International Development
• Allison Aubrey – Correspondent, Science Desk
• Jason Beaubien – Correspondent, Global Health and Development
• Geoff Brumfiel – Senior Editor/ Correspondent, Science Desk
• Dan Charles – Food and Agriculture Correspondent, Science Desk
• Rhitu Chatterjee – Correspondent, Health
• Michaeleen Doucleff – Reporter, Science Desk
• Maria Godoy – Senior Editor/ Correspondent, Science Desk
• Nell Greenfieldboyce – Reporter, Science Desk
• Jon Hamilton – Correspondent, Science Desk
• Pien Huang – Reporter, Science Desk
• Rebecca Hersher – Reporter, Science Desk
• Christopher Joyce – Correspondent, Science Desk
• Jennifer Ludden – Energy and Environment Editor
• Sydney Lupkin – Correspondent, Pharmaceuticals
• Joe Palca – Correspondent, Science Desk
• Selena Simmons-Duffin – Reporter, Health Policy
• Lauren Sommer – Correspondent, Science Desk
• Rob Stein – Senior Editor/ Correspondent, Science Desk
• Will Stone – Reporter, Health

Planet Money

• Sally Helm – Reporter, Planet Money
• Kenny Malone – Correspondent, Planet Money
• Keith Romer – Contributing Reporter, Planet Money
• Greg Rosalsky – Reporter, Planet Money
• Robert Smith – Correspondent, Planet Money

Code Switch

• Karen Grigsby Bates – Senior Correspondent, Code Switch

Investigations unit

• Tom Dreisbach – Correspondent, Investigations
• Chiara Eisner – Reporter, Investigations
• Sacha Pfeiffer – Correspondent, Investigations/ Guest Host
• Joseph Shapiro – Correspondent, Investigations
• Laura Sullivan – Correspondent, Investigations
• Cheryl W. Thompson – Correspondent, Investigations

Other

• David Folkenflik – Media Correspondent
• Tom Goldman – Correspondent, Sports
• Anya Kamenetz – Correspondent, Education
• Kat Lonsdorf – Reporter
• Jenna McLaughlin – Cybersecurity Correspondent
• Elissa Nadworny – Reporter, Education
• Jerome Socolovsky – Audio Storytelling Specialist, NPR Training
• Susan Stamberg – Special Correspondent
• Cory Turner – Senior Editor/ Correspondent, NPR Ed Team
• Linda Wertheimer – Senior National Correspondent
• Odette Yousef – National Security Correspondent (focus on extremism)

Breaking news reporters

• Jaclyn Diaz – Reporter
• Jonathan Franklin – Reporter
• Joe Hernandez – Reporter
• Vanessa Romo – Reporter
• Laurel Wamsley – Reporter

Newscast unit

• Dwane Brown – Newscaster (Weekdays, All Things Considered interludes)
• Korva Coleman – Newscaster (Weekdays, 6 a.m. – 11 a.m.)
• Amy Held – Newscasts Editor; Fill-In Newscaster
• Jeanine Herbst – Newscaster (Weekends, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.)
• Windsor Johnston – Fill-In Newscaster
• Lori Lundin – Freelance Newscaster
• Dave Mattingly – Newscaster (Weekdays, 5 a.m./ Morning Edition interludes)
• Nora Raum – Newscaster (Weekends, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
• Louise Schiavone – Freelance Newscaster
• Lakshmi Singh – Newscaster (Weekdays, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
• Giles Snyder – Newscaster (Weekends, 5 a.m. – 10 a.m.)
• Ryland Barton – Newscaster (Weekdays, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.)
• Shay Stevens – Newscaster (Weekdays, 11 p.m. – 4 a.m.)
• Dale Willman – Newscaster (Weekends, 11 p.m. – 4 a.m.)
• Doualy Xaykaothao – Fill-In Newscaster

References

External links

• NPR website