Jennifer White (born October 29, 1974) is an American journalist and radio personality. She is the host of the radio program ''1A''. She has worked in public radio since 1999, and began her broadcast journalism career as host of

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's ''

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''. She later moved to Chicago's

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where she hosted ''Reset with Jenn White'', as well as the podcasts '' Making Oprah'', ''Making Beyoncé'', and ''16 Shots''. White became host of ''1A'' in July 2020, produced by WAMU in

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Career

White was born in

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and raised on the city's west side, one of seven children. At age 16, her sister introduced her to the NPR show ''

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''. She became further interested in the radio through performing arts classes at

Cass Technical High School Cass Technical High School (simply referred to as Cass Tech) is a public high school in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States.

. White received her bachelor's degree from the

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. In 1999, she took a job in fundraising at

WUOM-FM in

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and also completed some sporadic on-air work. Her first official radio broadcasting job was in 2010 when she took a job on Michigan Radio's ''

''. In 2016, White was hired at

in Chicago as part the program ''Morning Shift''. She later hosted a program focused on local news, ''Reset with Jenn White''. In January 2019, she was named host of ''Morning Shift''. While at WBEZ, White developed and hosted the podcasts '' Making Oprah'' and ''Making Beyoncé''. ''Making Oprah'' was the station's most popular podcast and received positive critical reception. In 2018, she co-produced ''16 Shots'', a podcast about the

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, with the ''

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''. White was selected as a permanent host of national radio program '' 1A'' to replace inaugural host Joshua Johnson. The show covers a range of topics including politics and pop culture, and White began in July 2020.

Personal life

White is married. She and her husband reside in

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References

External links

Jenn White
on the1a.org
Jenn White
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