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Jenn White
Host of NPR's “1A”
Laurel, Maryland, U.S.A.
An award-winning journalist and podcast host, Jenn White has worked in public radio since 1999. She joined WAMU and NPR’s national talk show 1A in 2020. 1A is heard on more than 430 stations nationwide, reaches an audience of almost four million listeners each week, and is downloaded more than one million times each month. Jenn joined 1A from Chicago’s WBEZ where she hosted the station’s local two-hour midday show, Reset with Jenn White. She is also a familiar voice on several WBEZ podcasts, including Making Oprah, Making Obama, and 16 Shots, which chronicled the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald and the trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke. Before WBEZ, White was the local host of All Things Considered at Michigan Radio. White is also a skilled public speaker and has moderated numerous on-air gubernatorial and mayoral debates.