Ellen Weiss

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Ellen Weiss
Born (1959-01-30) January 30, 1959 (age 64)
Alma mater Smith College
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
(m. 1987)
Ellen Weiss and the Scripps DC Investigative team at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards for their story "Under the Radar," an investigative series exposing problems when convicted military sex offenders return to civilian life. Mark Greenblatt and crew from Scripps at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg
Ellen Weiss and the Scripps DC Investigative team at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards for their story “Under the Radar,” an investigative series exposing problems when convicted military sex offenders return to civilian life.

Ellen Weiss (born January 30, 1959) is an American journalist and four-time Peabody Award winner. She joined National Public Radio (NPR) in 1982, [1] eventually running the NPR News national desk [2] and serving as executive producer of the NPR News magazine All Things Considered . She was named NPR vice president for news in April 2007 and held that post until January 2011, when she resigned over "the botched firing of former news analyst Juan Williams". [3] She was executive editor at the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity [4] in 2013 she became Washington, D.C., bureau chief and vice-president for the E.W. Scripps Company. [5] In 2015, she won her fourth Peabody Award [6] for a story about soldiers discharged from the military for sexual crimes who evade registering as sex offenders after leaving the military. [7]

She attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, and is a Smith College graduate. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Rabbi David Saperstein. They are the parents of musician Daniel Saperstein. [8]

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References

  1. "Ellen Weiss, NPR Biography (broken link)". NPR .
  2. Kennedy, George; Daryl R. Moen (2007). What good is journalism?: how reporters and editors are saving America's way of life. University of Missouri Press. p.  42. ISBN   978-0-8262-1730-1.
  3. Post, The Washington (2011-01-07). "NPR editor Ellen Weiss quits after review of Juan Williams firing". cleveland. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  4. Memmott, Mark (21 September 2011). "Former NPR News Exec Ellen Weiss Takes Job At Center For Public Integrity". NPR.org.
  5. "Ellen Weiss To Head Scripps DC News Bureau". TV News Check. January 18, 2013.
  6. "Scripps Washington Bureau wins Peabody Award for military sex offender series". Scripps.
  7. "Scripps uncovers flawed system for military sex offenders". Scripps.
  8. "Flasher: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.