Jenny Lawton is a showrunner, editor, and producer.
She has worked on more than a dozen podcasts for WNYC Studios including Blindspot: The Road to 9/11 and Tulsa Burning, The New Yorker Radio Hour, The Experiment, Nancy, The Anthropocene Reviewed, and Radiolab Presents: More Perfect. She was previously the Executive Producer of Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. Her work has been honored by the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards, the Associated Press, the New York Press Club, and The Third Coast International Audio Festival, among others.
Before joining WNYC, Jenny covered politics, technology, and the arts at WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio. She taught audio at NYU and elsewhere; and she serves as mentor with the Digital Women Leaders network.
Jenny Lawton appears in the following:
Good Things: Young Writers
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
New York City has long been considered a writers’ town, attracting aspiring authors from all over the world. At the Bronx Library Center, young writers hone their skills.
Good Things: Grandpa's Birthday
Friday, March 17, 2023
When it comes to famous Staten Islanders, people may think of The Wu Tang Clan and Christina Aguilera but... what about Grandpa?
Good Things: Bananas and Bagels
Friday, February 24, 2023
More than 45,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City since last spring, and many are living in emergency shelters and relief centers. Neighbors try to fill the gaps.
Good Things: Film Noir Cinema
Friday, February 10, 2023
Tucked away on a residential street in Greenpoint, there's a teeny tiny movie theater that specializes in deep cuts.
Good Things: Squirrel Whisperer of City Hall Park
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
The NYC Parks Department reminds you: please don’t feed the animals. But one guy can’t resist.
Good Things: Mall Santa
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
In an attempt to get into the holiday spirit, WNYC’s Amy Pearl headed to the mall.
Who Gets to Be Beautiful in America?
Thursday, November 03, 2022
Beauty. Everyone wants it, but only some are considered to have it. What steps can we take to democratize beauty?
Keeping Score: A Year Inside a Divided Brooklyn High School
Friday, September 09, 2022
By some measures, New York City has the most segregated school system in the country. Four high schools in Brooklyn are focussing their hopes for change on an unlikely target: sports.
Keeping Score: A Year Inside a Divided Brooklyn High School
Friday, September 09, 2022
By some measures, New York City has the most segregated school system in the country. Four high schools in Brooklyn are focussing their hopes for change on an unlikely target: sports.
Keeping Score: Part 4
Thursday, June 30, 2022
After the Jaguars compete in the city championship, students and coaches ask: was it all worth it?
Keeping Score: Part 3
Thursday, June 23, 2022
What does it mean to lead a team in an anti-racist way?
Keeping Score: Part 2
Thursday, June 16, 2022
How did the schools in the John Jay building become divided in the first place?
Keeping Score: Part 1
Thursday, June 09, 2022
Two sports programs – rivals under a single roof – are set to merge. Students ask what it will take for the building to live up to its new motto: “We Are One.”
Judge Judy’s Law
Thursday, May 05, 2022
For decades, Americans have been bypassing the court system and settling their disputes on Judge Judy. But can people really find justice in a TV courtroom?
Who Belongs in the Cherokee Nation?
Thursday, April 07, 2022
From the time she was a child, Marilyn Vann knew she was Black and she was Cherokee. But when she applied for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation as an adult, she was denied.
Imagining a world without police
Thursday, April 07, 2022
Years after she witnessed a domestic violence incident in her home and called the police, Kayla Ollivierre starts to question the role of police in our communities.
Uncle SPAM
Thursday, February 03, 2022
In World War II, the American Dream was exported across the world, one SPAM can at a time.
8. Snow In The Tropics
Thursday, January 06, 2022
In this special holiday episode: during the early 1950s, the children of Puerto Rico were invited to an icy winter spectacle. What did it mean?
8. Nieve en el trópico
Thursday, January 06, 2022
En este episodio navideño: durante cuatro años seguidos, los niños de Puerto Rico fueron invitados a un espectáculo de invierno. ¿Qué significaba?
