Taylor Haney
Taylor Haney is a producer and director for NPR's Morning Edition and Up First.
In 2022, he produced a Morning Edition series from on the anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal and return to Taliban rule. His work also brought him to to produce stories on the country's elections and democratic backsliding 12 years after the Arab Spring.
He was in Des Moines for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses to produce a live broadcast from a coffee shop. He produced , an audio/visual project ahead of the 2018 midterm elections that won a White House °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Photographer Association Award. He was in Houston as Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017. He once spent a year investigating an of a horse theft.
Some of his favorite work on Morning Edition has brought listeners moments of musical joy and ecstasy, including interviews with funk bassist and Inuk artist .
As a Fulbright fellow, he studied Tibetan music in Dharamshala, India. Before joining NPR, he interned for KPCC in Pasadena, Calif., and earned a master's degree from USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.
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Morning Edition caught up with NPR’s John Ruwitch, who has covered China for decades. Here’s our conversation. -
Icelandic musician Önnu Jónu Son released an album partly written during a period of loss and addiction, and partly while looking back on his recovery and search for happiness.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials in Beijing. -
When asked whether his political activities put him in danger, Boris Nadezhdin quoted a proverb, "If you are afraid of wolves, you should not go to the forest."
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Grandaddy's new album draws inspiration from bluegrass. Blu Wav is a return for the group after the death of bassist Kevin Garcia.
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The charity Save Ukraine brought young Ukrainians to Washington D.C. to tell Congress about being abducted by Russia. -
People who lost their family and homes in the surprise incursion into Israel by Hamas reckon with the aftermath. -
In Rahat, a city of Palestinian Bedouin Israelis about 20 miles from the Gaza border, people know loss and fear on all sides of the conflict. -
A new book about the 1980's film "Airplane!" from David Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker, the writing and directing team responsible for one of the most transformative film comedies in history. -
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mitski about her new album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We.
