Rebecca Ellis
Kroc FellowRebecca Ellis is a Kroc Fellow with NPR. She grew up in New York City and graduated from Brown University in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Urban Studies. In college, Rebecca served as a managing editor at the student newspaper, the Brown Daily Herald, and freelanced for Rhode Island's primary paper, the Providence Journal. She has spent past summers as an investigator at the Bronx Defenders, a public defender's office in the Bronx, New York, and as a reporter at the Miami Herald, filing general assignment stories and learning to scuba dive.
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The U.S.-China trade war is making for one long bumpy ride at S&S Worldwide.Executives at North Logan’s S&S, one of the largest amusement park ride… -
For years, homeless Utahns residing at the Road Home, Salt Lake City’s main downtown homeless shelter, didn’t have to walk far to find a doctor. Fourth… -
Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski presented the City Council with a $330 million budget plan that calls for prioritizing funding for roads, housing,… -
This story has been updatedOne of the largest DNA crime labs in the country, Salt Lake City-based Sorenson Forensics, faces increasing scrutiny following… -
A state audit of seven Utah police departments found flaws in the ways some agencies store evidence with officers losing track of the money, guns, and… -
A former Draper City police lieutenant has been charged with sexually abusing a co-worker who was in the process of recovering from breast reduction… -
After a nearly seven-month long mission in the Middle East, 128 deployed service members have returned home, touching down at the Hill Air Force Base… -
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says it identified a rollover hazard and that people should stop using the sleeper immediately. More than 30 deaths have been attributed to its use. -
As the spring sunshine brightens up, researchers caution: Don't skimp on sun protection, especially on the sensitive eyelids. -
A new study predicts how far north these insects could live if climate change goes unchecked.
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Temple University officials say the vast majority of students who are part of a mumps outbreak had been immunized previously with a vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella. -
The U.S. Department of State has honored Sri Lanka's Marini de Livera for her innovative combination of drama and legal work to aid women and children.
