Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an American journalist for NPR who appears on Planet Money and All Things Considered. She formerly reported on the United States Congress for NPR. Prior to joining NPR in 2012, Chang was an investigative journalist at NPR member station WNYC in New York City. She has received a number of national awards for her investigative reporting.

Ailsa Chang
EducationStanford University (BA, JD)
University of Oxford (LLM)
Columbia University (MA)
OccupationJournalist
EmployerNPR

Early life and education

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chang earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from Stanford University.[1][2][3] She earned a master's degree in media law from University of Oxford. She also earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.[4] She then earned a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School.[4]

Career

Chang served as law clerk to John T. Noonan, Jr., a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[4]

Journalism

Chang joined NPR in 2008 as a Kroc fellow.[4] At that time, she wrote an investigative report into the public defender system of Detroit.[5] The piece, which aired on NPR in 2009, was awarded the 2010 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize.[6]

Chang joined WNYC radio in 2009. She reported on criminal justice, terrorism and the courts.[7] At WNYC, Chang wrote an investigative report into "stop-and-frisk" search policies of New York City Police Department.[8] The series, which aired on NPR in 2011, earned her a silver baton in the 2012 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards.[8][9]

Chang returned to NPR in 2012. She is currently a correspondent for Planet Money. Previously she reported on US Congress activities, specifically on areas such as immigration, healthcare and gun control.[4] On 1 January 2018 she assumed a co-chair (with Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish, and Kelly McEvers) on the afternoon series All Things Considered.[4]

Awards
  • 2001 Irvine Hellman, Jr. Special Award[4]

References
  1. "Ailsa Chang". 90.1 FM WABE. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  2. School, Stanford Law. "Ailsa Chang: Reporting from Washington". Stanford Law School. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  3. "People - Ailsa Chang | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  4. "Ailsa Chang". NPR. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  5. Chang, Ailsa (17 August 2009). "Not Enough Money Or Time To Defend Detroit's Poor". National Public Radio. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  6. "WBUR, Boston University Announce 2010 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize Winner" (Press release). Boston University. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. "People – Ailsa Chang". New York Public Radio. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  8. Chang, Ailsa (26 April 2011). "Alleged Illegal Searches by NYPD May Be Increasing Marijuana Arrests". WNYC. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  9. "duPont-Columbia Winners Archive". Columbia University. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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