Elana Gordon is a journalist and audio producer covering global health at The World, a national radio program from GBH and PRX.
She came to Boston as a 2018-19 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Before that, she helped launch WHYY's weekly health and science show, The Pulse, where she told stories about everything from confusing medical bills to drugs to the mystery surrounding a 19th century horse thief. Her beat reporting in the newsroom earned a 2018 regional Edward R. Murrow Award for ongoing coverage of Philadelphia’s overdose crisis.
Elana was previously based in the Midwest, reporting for Kansas City’s public radio station, KCUR. Her news stories and audio documentaries have been featured on NPR, 99% Invisible, Criminal, the Atlantic, and Kaiser Health News. She has received multiple Regional Edward R. Murrow and national Public Radio News Director (PRNDI) Awards.
In 2017, she was a featured artist at the Megapolis Audio Festival, where she co-produced a sonic mushroom forage through Philadelphia’s urban forest and Russian diaspora. She is also the creator and host of a popular Atlas Obscura walk about the history of plagues and medicine.
Prior to radio, Elana was a prevention specialist and HIV counselor at one of the nation’s largest free health clinics, located in Kansas City. She holds a dual degree in music and political science from Barnard College. It was there that she first caught the radio bug as an occasional late night music host for WKCR's In All Languages.
Email: elana.m.gordon at gmail dot com
Twitter: @elana_gordon