Becky Sullivan
Reporter at NPR
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolBecky Sullivan is an experienced reporter based in Washington, D.C., with 11 years of hard-news and field reporting for NPR across broadcast and digital platforms. She has repeatedly produced original coverage under extreme deadline pressure and in hostile environments—from Iran after the Soleimani assassination to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan—and was part of an NPR team that became a 2021 Pulitzer finalist in Audio Reporting. Becky has progressed through producer and editorial roles on All Things Considered, regularly making day-of coverage decisions, editing host copy, and training colleagues. Her work blends fast-breaking journalism with long-form, enterprise reporting on topics ranging from natural disasters and public health to housing and youth sports safety. She also brings technical curiosity to reporting workflows, having written Python programs to support data-driven stories and diversity tracking. Colleagues rely on her calm leadership, editorial judgment, and ability to turn complex, fraught situations into clear, compelling journalism.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BA, history, music theory, BA, history, music theory at University of KansasGithub contributions (5)
becsully/drugPrices
Oct 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:26 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
becsully/watc-counter
Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:8 pushes in 2 months
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