Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an American journalist. She is currently heard on Planet Money and All Things Considered on National Public Radio (NPR). She formerly reported on the United States Congress for NPR.

Prior to joining NPR in 2012, Chang was an investigative journalist at NPR member station WNYC in New York City. She has received a number of national awards for her investigative reporting. She is a former lawyer.

Chang earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University. She earned a master's degree in media law from Oxford University. She also earned a master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University. She graduated with a law degree from Stanford Law School.

Chang served as law clerk to John T. Noonan, Jr., a judge on the US Appeals Court.

Journalism

Chang joined NPR in 2008 as a Kroc fellow. At that time she wrote an investigative report into the public defender system of Detroit. The piece, which aired on NPR in 2009, was awarded the 2010 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize.

Chang joined WNYC radio in 2009. She reported on criminal justice, terrorism and the courts. At WNYC, Chang wrote an investigative report into "stop-and-frisk" search policies of New York City Police Department. The series, which aired on NPR in 2011, earned her a silver baton in the 2012 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards.

Chang returned to NPR in 2012. She is currently a correspondent for Planet Money. Previously she reported on US Congress activities, specifically on areas such as immigration, healthcare and gun control. On 1 January 2018 she assumed a co-chair (with Ari Shapiro, Audie Cornish, and Kelly McEvers) on the afternoon series All Things Considered.

• 2001 Irvine Hellman, Jr. Special Award