Kenya Young
Kenya Young is the Managing Editor for Collaborative Journalism. In this role, she grows and supports NPR's collaborative journalism by fostering Member station relationships and helps run NPR's day-to-day news operations.
Previously, she was the executive producer of Morning Edition. In that role, she was responsible for the day-to-day running of the show and leading Morning Edition through one of the most demanding news cycles in history.
During her time at NPR, she has been the executive producer of All Things Considered on the weekends and the supervising editor on Morning Edition. She has also served as an editor and producer for several NPR programs including News & Notes, Day To Day, Tell Me More, and Talk of The Nation. Young started at NPR in the California bureau as an intern in 2007. In addition to show production, she has been a part of special coverage teams during the 2008 and 2012 elections, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks and live coverage of the Sandy Hook school shootings and the Boston Marathon bombing.
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It's Been A Minute host Sam Sanders talks with Kenya Young, executive producer of Morning Edition and mother of three boys about "the talk" that Black parents have with their kids.