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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Whistleblower Sam Salehpour will be the key witness at a U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Boeing safety problems led by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).
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Connecticut Senate Democrats, concerned that corporate profits are responsible for the rise in food prices, have asked Attorney General William Tong to investigate grocery store profits.
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Connecticut is recruiting college students to be paid election poll workers this November. According to Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, the NextGen Elections program targets college students because they are more comfortable with technology and better prepared to take over from Connecticut’s aging poll workers.
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WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Jenna Carlesso to discuss her article written with Katy Golvala, “Fix or nix? CT’s ‘certificate of need’ law under scrutiny,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.
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Connecticut’s Judiciary Committee has approved a controversial bill that would quadruple the threshold for what qualifies as unemployment fraud.
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Former Republican lawmaker Craig Miner has won the approval of a key legislative committee to serve as one of Connecticut's two state auditors.
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Hilary Carpenter, Governor Ned Lamont’s pick for the newly created ombudsman job at the Connecticut Department of Correction, has tried to reassure skeptics she’ll be independent.
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Connecticut Republicans continue to push for election reforms despite the rejection of their proposal in the General Administration and Elections Committee.
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WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s José Luis Martínez to discuss his article, “A plan to fight wage theft is taking shape in New Haven,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.
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Yale New Haven Health received approval from Connecticut officials to buy three struggling hospitals. Waterbury, Rockville General and Manchester Memorial are owned by Prospect Medical Holdings.