Ellen Weiss
Editor, An Arm and a Leg
About
Ellen Weiss is an award-winning journalist and leader with more than 40 years experience working in audio, video and digital newsrooms. Most recently, as Washington Bureau Chief and Vice President of The E. W. Scripps Company, she created a multimedia national investigative team and launched podcasting for the company. While there, she received her forth Peabody Award for the “Under the Radar” investigative series and the RFK’s Journalism Grand Prize for the investigative documentary “A Broken Trust,” a project highlighting the lack of justice for survivors of sexual assault on tribal lands.
Prior to that she spent nearly 30 years at NPR and served as Senior Vice President of News. In that role, she oversaw global expansion of NPR News, the creation of award-winning programs an investigative unit, podcasts and the digital integration of the newsroom
Weiss is a graduate of Smith College with a B.A. in international relations. She and her family live in Washington, D.C.
Podcasts
Stories
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How to pick health insurance — in the worst year ever
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Some things that didn’t suck in 2025 (really)
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This health economist wants your medical bills
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We love this listener’s project — and your response
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Will we be able to afford insurance in 2026?
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The Insurance Warrior battles a $61 billion company (from 2021)
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A wild health insurance hustle
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The great American drug shortage isn't an accident, it's artificial (from Organized Money)
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Trailer: The Prescription Drug Playbook
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The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part One