Bridget Kelley
Bridget Kelley is the Supervising Senior Editor of NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, All Things Considered.
In this role, she leads news planning and collaborates with show and desk managers to program the daily show and set priorities for future coverage. She coordinates story assignments and staffing for the show, and works alongside hosts and staff to develop and produce news reports, interviews, and features.
She previously served as the Supervising Senior Producer of Weekend Edition, where she was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Saturday and Sunday morning shows. She also worked with Member Station WBUR on the re-launch of its midday program, Here & Now, in collaboration with NPR and Member stations.
Kelley came to NPR in 1994 as a temporary Editorial Assistant at Morning Edition and worked in a variety of roles on the show, ultimately serving as Supervising Senior Editor.
Before NPR, Kelley worked in London as a freelance reporter for Voice of America and other news organizations. She later reported and produced freelance news and feature stories for Member station WAMU in Washington, DC.
She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, with a B.A. in English and History.
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NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, about her new children's book, We Dream A World.
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For some young men and boys, body building can lead to unhealthy behaviors. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with NYU psychologist Andrea Vazzana about compulsive exercise and eating disorders in males.
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Conflict in Tigray has led to a collapse of its public health system. Physicians are having to reuse gloves, use expired medications and deny patients care because of lack of resources and power.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed four more Ukrainian regions Friday. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with senior policy researcher at the RAND corporation Dara Massicot about the move.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about what's sustaining protesters in Iran and why he thinks the regime is incapable of reform.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lisa Hanna, a member of Jamaica's parliament, about how Jamaica's relationship with the monarchy may change after Queen Elizabeth II's death.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former pro tennis player and Tennis Channel commentator Chanda Rubin about Serena Williams' legacy on and off the court.
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NPR's Sequoia Carrillo and Carolina Rodriguez of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program examine Biden's announcement and help answer some questions about how this might actually work.
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Slate staff writer Henry Grabar tells NPR's Ailsa Chang why he thinks a return of extended-stay hotels — once a fixture of American cities — could help with today's housing market dysfunction.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Shankar Kurra, Vice President of Medical Affairs at Rapid City Hospital, on South Dakota's COVID surge following the Sturgis motorcycle rally earlier in August.