Heidi Glenn
Heidi Glenn has been the Washington Desk’s digital editor since 2022, and at NPR since 2007, when she was hired as the National Desk’s digital producer. In between she has served as Morning Edition’s lead digital editor, helping the show’s audio stories find life online.
Her digital work has won a Gracie Award, an Edward R Murrow Award and a DuPont-Columbia Award.
Glenn studied undergrad at the University of Pittsburgh and earned a master’s degree in interactive journalism at American University in Washington, D.C. [Copyright 2024 NPR]
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David Sedaris' "Santaland Diaries" is an NPR tradition. This year, we asked you to describe your imaginary shift as a Santaland elf. Responses ranged from heartwarming to devilish. -
In 1977, the racing world was fascinated with driver Janet Guthrie's presence at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The day she sealed her spot in the race-day lineup, nothing seemed to be going right. -
When Canada's new $10 bill comes out later this year, it will feature activist Viola Desmond, who will become the first non-royal woman and the first black Canadian on the country's currency. -
Zoe Courville and Lora Koenig, colleagues and fellow climate scientists, spend weeks at a time away from their families doing research. At StoryCorps, they talk about their struggles as working moms. -
How did David Sedaris and his Santaland Diaries become a Morning Edition holiday staple? It all started in 1992, when Ira Glass — then a radio producer — heard him at a reading. -
In a StoryCorps booth in Bloomington, Ind., Maddy, Zoë and Nick Waters, 10, talk about what it means to be a "three-in-one package." -
Venezuela has been in political and economic turmoil for months. Daily demonstrations, food shortages and a crackdown on the opposition have forced the country into a near state of collapse. -
A huge iceberg has run aground just off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. For now, it's made a home in what is known as "iceberg alley," and in photos, appears to dwarf the houses in town. -
Camaran Henson remembers his late grandpa as larger than life. He "could probably fly," Camaran tells his mother at StoryCorps. The legacy her son leaves, she says, is the one that honors his grandpa. -
Economist and author Tyler Cowen worries that Americans' desire to keep changing has gone away. "The forward march of progress," he says, "is not the main story today."
