Vice President & Washington, DC Bureau Chief | E.W. Scripps Company

Ellen Weiss has been Chief of Washington Bureau and Vice President of The E. W. Scripps Company since February 11, 2013. She oversees a multimedia national investigative team and in 2015 received her fourth Peabody Award for the “Under the Radar” investigative series exposing problems when convicted military sex offenders return to civilian life. In 2018, she helped launch a new initiative aimed at producing differentiated in-depth, original investigative, enterprise and long-form documentaries under the Scripps National news brand, Newsy.

Weiss joined Scripps from The Center for Public Integrity where she was Executive Editor. She served as Senior Vice President of News at National Public Radio until January 2011. At NPR, she oversaw the global expansion of NPR News, the creation of award-winning programs and news coverage, the creation of an investigative unit, podcasts and the digital integration of the newsroom. In this role, Weiss led NPR’s worldwide journalism operations, including 17 domestic and 17 foreign bureaus; more than 400 staff members and more than 40 hours of news programming weekly. Under her leadership, NPR experienced significant audience growth and numerous awards for journalistic excellence.
Weiss joined NPR News in 1982. For 12 years, she was Executive Producer of the daily NPR newsmagazine All Things Considered. From 2001 to 2006, she was Senior Editor of the National Desk, managing 80 reporters, editors and producers covering all national issues. Weiss edited many of NPR News’ investigations including award-winning reports on abuses that led to changes in U.S. government detention center policies and reports on soldiers with PTSD that sparked Senate and Pentagon investigations.

Weiss is a trustee of the Scripps Howard Foundation, a mentor with College Bound and a volunteer with the National Park Service.
She is a graduate of Smith College with a B.A. in international relations. She and her family live in Washington, D.C.

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