Will Huntsberry
Will Huntsberry is an assistant producer in NPR's elections unit, where he produced a piece about Don Gonyea's favorite campaign trail playlists, reported on the one place in Washington where former House Speaker John Boehner could feel like "a regular guy," and other stories that get beneath the surface of American politics.
He came to NPR in 2014 as Kroc Fellow, after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Since joining NPR, he has worked on the education desk, reported at KQED in San Francisco, and was part of the team that covered the 2015 church massacre in Charleston, S.C.
Previously, he worked for the Wall Street Journal and covered Raleigh, N.C. for a variety of news outlets.
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Boehner has eaten breakfast at the Capitol Hill restaurant for nearly 20 years. "All of us call him John-John. None of us call him House speaker, none of us call him by that," owner Gum Tong said. -
NewsIn an off-the-cuff moment, Hillary Clinton revealed the secret to her marathon Benghazi hearing performance. -
First lady Michelle Obama took her Chinese counterpart, Peng Liyuan, to visit the pandas at the National Zoo — and revealed the baby panda's new name: Bei Bei.
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NewsThe staff of hometown paper The Post and Courier feels the emotional toll of covering the church shootings and other traumatic events. -
NewsAuthorities are investigating fires that have damaged or destroyed black churches in South Carolina and nearby states following the shooting deaths of nine people at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church. -
Millions of Americans rely on rural hospitals for emergency medical care. But in the last five years, these facilities have been shutting down more frequently than in previous years. A group of activists from across the country are walking nearly 300 miles from North Carolina to Washington, D.C. to draw lawmakers' attention.
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A Wellesley College and University of Maryland study finds Sesame Street has a big impact on how well kids do in school. Children who watch the show are less likely to fall behind in later grades.
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In science classrooms across the country, middle-schoolers will take part in an iconic activity this year: frog dissection. -
Poverty is the backdrop to so many discussions about learning. But do we have a good way to measure it in schools? -
The number of students being held back has been cut nearly in half, and researchers have no idea why.
