Ina Jaffe, NPR Biography
Correspondent, National Desk, Culver City, CA
Since becoming a Los-Angeles-based correspondent in 1988, Ina Jaffe has reported on nearly all of the major news events, elections, and natural disasters in the area. Jaffe has also taken detours from this coverage to report on New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, edit coverage of the war in Kosovo and report from Washington during the Persian Gulf War.
Jaffe frequently covers California politics. She reported on the historic recall of California Governor Gray Davis and continues to cover the administration of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Jaffe received the California Journalism Award for covering politics and government in 2002 and 2003. Before moving to Los Angeles, Jaffe was the first editor of Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon which made its debut in 1985.
Jaffe has received numerous national journalism awards. She was given a Clarion award from Women in Communications for her report on the first night of the Los Angeles riots. The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards committee noted NPR's coverage of the riots as an example of NPR's news excellence when awarding NPR their Gold Baton award in 1992. As a Weekend Edition Saturday editor, Jaffe shared a 1988 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for the NPR report "A State of Emergency," which covered racial conflict in Philadelphia.
Jaffe was born in Chicago and attended the University of Wisconsin and DePaul University receiving bachelors and masters degrees in philosophy.
