Amita Kelly is a Washington editor, where she works across beats and platforms to edit election, politics and policy news and features stories.
Previously, she was a digital editor on NPR's National and Washington Desks, where she coordinated and edited coverage for NPR.org as well as social media and audience engagement. She was also an editor and producer for NPR's newsmagazine program Tell Me More, where she covered health, politics, parenting and, once, how Korea celebrates St. Patrick's Day.
Kelly has also worked at Kaiser Health News and NBC News. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she earned her M.A., and earned a B.A. in English from Wellesley College. She is a native of Southern California, where even Santa surfs.
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Many of America's communities are changing, and so is how voters think about what matters most to them and whom...
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One child dressed up as President Obama. -
Donald Trump courted hard-liners on immigration in the primary campaign. But he signaled Wednesday night he'd be in favor of...
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After a day of long lines at the polls and last-minute campaigning, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won the New... -
Both candidates have said they are running positive campaigns, but that could change in this week's debate. In the past,...
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House Speaker John Boehner announced he is stepping down at the end of October. Rank-and-file conservatives reacted with glee —... -
In an interview with NPR to be broadcast this week, the president spoke strongly of his critics, including some in... -
The author of Vegan Indian Cooking: 140 Simple and Healthy Vegan Recipes touts the health benefits and tastiness of Indian...