Jenny Gold

jgold@wunc.org

Jenny Gold is an NPR Kroc fellow who is spending several months at WUNC as part of her rotation. She has already worked on NPR's National Desk and NPR online.

She worked previously at the CBS Evening News, where she was a Broadcast Associate for the medical unit- conducting interviews, doing research and story development, writing drafts of scripts and aiding in the editing process.

Jenny is from Berkeley, California, and earned a B.A. in History at Brown University. At rock station WBRU, she wrote, produced and anchored both evening newscasts and longer feature pieces. In 2004, as a volunteer for Mexfam - a Mexican affiliate of Planned Parenthood - she created a play that has been used in Mexican high schools to teach reproductive health.

Jenny received two Brown University research grants for her radio documentary about race and religion in Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

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Reports and features by Jenny Gold

• NC Drought Down on the Farm
  Wednesday, May 28 2008 Jenny Gold

  The state’s worst drought on record may be on its way out, but many North Carolina farmers are still feeling the effects.

• North Carolinians to see the Pope
  Tuesday, April 15 2008 Jenny Gold

  Catholics from the Diocese of Raleigh will head North to see the Pope this week. Jenny Gold reports.

• Native Americans Call for Shock Jock's Firing
  Thursday, April 10 2008 Jenny Gold

  Comments about American Indians on a popular triangle area radio program has some listeners up in arms. They're charging racism, sexism, and ignorance, the same criticisms leveled at Don Imus, a nationally syndicated talk show host. Comments about a mostly-black women's college basketball team cost Don Imus his job. And some people here are demanding the same fate for the hosts of "Bob and the Showgram." Jenny Gold has the story.

• NC National Guardsmen Laid to Rest
  Wednesday, April 02 2008 Jenny Gold

  A North Carolina National Guardsmen killed in Iraq 10 days ago will be buried today in Tarboro. Jenny Gold reports.

• Vigil for Duke Student
  Tuesday, March 25 2008 Jenny Gold

  A vigil was held in Durham on March 24th to honor a murdered Duke University Student. Jenny Gold reports.

• Murder Casts Shadow on Rivalry
  Saturday, March 08 2008 Jenny Gold

  The murder of the UNC student body president casts a shadow on the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry.