Ebong Udoma
Senior ReporterAs WSHU Public Radio’s award-winning senior political reporter, Ebong Udoma draws on his extensive tenure to delve deep into state politics. In addition to providing long-form reports and features for WSHU, he regularly contributes spot news to NPR, and has worked at the NPR National News Desk as part of NPR’s diversity initiative.
Ebong has covered presidential visits and high profile political races such as former wrestling executive Linda McMahon's two unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Senate. He has also reported on several state and municipal corruption trials in Connecticut, including one that led to the resignation of former Governor John Rowland. Ebong keenly follows developments with Native American tribes in Connecticut and produced an award-winning feature on the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
Ebong recently returned from his native Nigeria, where he spent a year helping to establish the international media network Gotel Africa. During his time there, he trained and managed local reporters and covered major stories, such as the presidential election in Nigeria and the government’s offensive against Boko Haram.
Prior to joining WSHU in 1994, Ebong was an award-winning reporter with the Connecticut Post. He also covered political transitions in Nigeria in 1993 and 1999 for Pacifica Network News.
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Connecticut municipal leaders and educators want Gov. Ned Lamont and lawmakers to adjust the state’s 2017 fiscal guardrails next year. They say this will allow more state money to be spent on public education. -
Gov. Ned Lamont has said he does not expect President-elect Donald Trump’s education policies to change much for Connecticut, despite Trump’s choice of Linda McMahon to head the department. -
A 500-foot smokestack — that’s been a fixture of the Bridgeport, Connecticut skyline for more than 70 years — will soon be coming down with the transfer of the ownership of the decommissioned PSEG coal power plant to a private developer. -
Attorneys general from Democratic states are to meet this week to coordinate their response to President-elect Donald Trump’s anticipated mass deportation of immigrants, according to Connecticut Attorney General William Tong. -
WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Mark Pazniokas to discuss his article, “CT Democrats ask: In 2024 election, where was the city turnout?” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. -
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wants state officials to ensure the security of more than $8 billion in federal infrastructure money from the Biden administration before the change of power in Washington. -
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is concerned about President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran, as Secretary of Defense. -
Connecticut lawmakers want state regulators to reject a 43% rate hike request from Yankee Gas. -
The confirmation of President Joe Biden’s nominees to fill dozens of vacancies on the federal bench is a top priority for Democrats during the lame-duck session of Congress, according to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. -
A week after last Tuesday’s election, a recount in Torrington, Connecticut will determine the winner of the only seat in the state House of Representatives yet to be declared.
