Jennifer Goren

Assignment Editor

I am one of the planning editors for PRI's The World, which means I'm constantly thinking about what's going to go on the show tomorrow and the days after that. It's ironic, since I don't consider myself a planner by nature.

I also work with reporters to help them tell stories. Before I arrived at The World, I worked as a producer and writer at WBUR in Boston. I have a masters in science journalism, which comes in handy from time to time. When I'm not at work, I'm happy to tune out the news, by biking, hiking, not cooking, and hanging with my family.

Recent Stories

Lifestyle

Whatever became of National Brotherhood Week?

The World

February 21, 2018

In the mid-20th century, National Brotherhood Week was a huge public relations campaign in the US aimed at promoting tolerance and brotherhood as American virtues. Most people don't remember it anymore.

Development

This doctoral student is building public toilets in India that also provide clean drinking water

The World

July 05, 2016

India has a severe shortage of toilets, something the government of Narendra Modi has pledged to address. Anoop Jain is already working on it. He's an American doctoral student who's building public toilets in one of the poorest states in India.

Conflict

America's unfinished civil war through the eyes to two US reporters in Africa

The World

December 23, 2015

Two American reporters in East Africa put on their foreign correspondents' hats to cover the issue of race back home.

Education

The Nazis stopped her. For a while. But she got her medical degree — at age 102

The World

June 05, 2015

Inge Rapoport did her doctoral work back in 1930s Germany, but the Nazis kept her from getting her medical degree. “I was quite nervous in my exam," the new doctor says.

Culture

Lalo Alcaraz warns the sensitive to avoid his new show, 'Bordertown'

The World

May 22, 2015

Renowned Latino cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz is hitting the screen as a writer for a new Seth MacFarlane show set in a town on the US-Mexico border. And while issues of immigration and identity are old stuff for him, he's happy they're getting an airing — especially a sharp-edged one — on TV.

Conflict

Along Ukraine's ceasefire line, war is 'crowdfunded'

The World

March 26, 2015

Freelance fighters are raising money for spy drones. Spin doctors are manufacturing false stories. Welcome to Ukraine's cease-fire, a term that makes people on both sides of the line laugh.

Global Politics

Is that Putin's daughter doing a flip? A Russian journalist says it is.

The World

February 09, 2015

Vladimir Putin almost never talks publicly about his family. But now a Russian journalist has identified her as a competitive dancer.

Conflict

France reels after the Charlie Hebdo attack kills 12

The World

January 07, 2015

Neither the occurrence of a terrorist attack nor the deaths of people who were widely loved was easy for France to bear on Wednesday. But as people gather in French cities to mourn, there are hopes that the attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper will help spark a conversation about radicalism in France.

Technology

To see the changes Edward Snowden wrought, just look at your smartphone

The World

December 10, 2014

Edward Snowden's biggest legacy may not come from changed laws or powers — it may just be the way that the debate over privacy has forced big companies like Apple and Google to safeguard its customers' information in more ways.

Education

South Korea falls silent for college entrance exams — but students still feel the pressure

The World

November 13, 2014

Every year in South Korea, high school seniors are faced with the biggest challenge of their young lives — college entrance exams. Teens are told their whole futures depend on how well they score, and the entire country works to accommodate the stressed out test takers.

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