Jeff Brady
Reporter, National Desk
Based in Denver, Jeff Brady is a general assignment reporter focusing on Western issues, politics and culture. He also travels the country for NPR and covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
In 2006, Brady's reporting helped restart a federal car-titling system that had long been stymied by business interests. Once fully-implemented, the Department of Justice estimates the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System will save U.S. car buyers up to $11 billion a year.
Before coming to NPR in October 2003, Brady was a reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) in Portland. He's also worked in commercial television as an anchor and a reporter; and commercial radio as a talk-show host and reporter.
Brady discovered NPR while running his own country grocery store outside the small town of Central Point, Oregon, for five-and-a-half years before college. "Customers often wanted to discuss current events. It was interesting, but I didn't know much. So I started reading the paper and listening to NPR to learn more," says Brady.
In 1989, he volunteered at the local NPR member station, Jefferson Public Radio, answering phones during a pledge drive and then running errands for the office staff until they let him in the newsroom.
After graduating from Southern Oregon State College in 1995 (now Southern Oregon University), Brady landed his first public radio job — temporary news director at JPR.
