Whitney Pennington Rodgers

TED current affairs curator
Whitney Pennington Rodgers is an award-winning journalist and media professional.

Why you should listen

Prior to joining TED as current affairs curator, Whitney Pennington Rodgers produced for NBC's primetime news magazine Dateline NBC. She earned a duPont-Columbia award and a News & Documentary Emmy or her contributions to the Dateline NBC hour "The Cosby Accusers Speak" -- an extensive group interview with 27 of the women who accused entertainer Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct.Pennington Rodgers has worked at NBC's in-house production company Peacock Productions, The Today Show, Nightly News, Rock Center with Brian Williams and New Jersey-centric public affairs shows Caucus: New Jersey and One-on-One with Steve Adubato. Prior to beginning her career in media, she had a short stint as a fourth-grade teacher through the Teach for America program.Pennington Rodgers received her Bachelor's in journalism and media studies from Rutgers University. She completed her Master's of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, where she produced a documentary about recruitment of nonblack students at historically black colleges and universities.

Whitney Pennington Rodgers’ TED talks

25:34

Jack Dorsey

How Twitter needs to change

Posted Apr 2019
45:50

Susan David

How to be your best self in times of crisis

Posted Mar 2020
51:37

Bill Gates

How we must respond to the coronavirus pandemic

Posted Mar 2020
58:09

Gary Liu

What the world can learn from China's response to the coronavirus

Posted Mar 2020
1h 2m

Seth Berkley

The quest for the coronavirus vaccine

Posted Mar 2020
49:57

Priya Parker

How to create meaningful connections while apart

Posted Mar 2020
43:32

Sonia Shah

How to make pandemics optional, not inevitable

Posted Apr 2020
1h 0m

Matt Walker

Why sleep matters now more than ever

Posted Apr 2020
46:30

Esther Choo

How health workers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted Apr 2020
20:22

Gayathri Vasudevan

How the coronavirus is impacting India — and what needs to happen next

Posted Apr 2020
32:49

Fareed Zakaria

How the coronavirus pandemic is changing the world

Posted Apr 2020
42:16

Kristalina Georgieva

How to rebuild the global economy

Posted May 2020
49:04

Dan Schulman

What COVID-19 means for the future of commerce, capitalism and cash

Posted May 2020
11:47

Joia Mukherjee

How to quickly scale up contact tracing across the US

Posted Jun 2020
24:10

Karen DeSalvo

How tech companies can help combat the pandemic and reshape public health

Posted Jun 2020
1h 6m

Dr. Phillip Atiba Solomon, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero

The path to ending systemic racism in the US

Posted Jun 2020
19:09

Marcelo Mena

The economic benefits of climate action

Posted Jun 2020
51:01

Ibram X. Kendi

The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist

Posted Jun 2020
48:52

Audrey Tang

How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy

Posted Jun 2020
21:09

Honor Harger

How museums help communities heal

Posted Jul 2020
49:23

Malala Yousafzai

Activism, changemakers and hope for the future

Posted Jul 2020
36:07

William "Sandy" Darity

A blueprint for reparations in the US

Posted Jul 2020
28:43

Eric Garcetti

How city mayors are taking action on climate change

Posted Jul 2020
22:48

Rosalind G. Brewer

How to foster true diversity and inclusion at work (and in your community)

Posted Dec 2020
19:47

Ajay Banga

Financial inclusion, the digital divide and other thoughts on the future of money

Posted Dec 2020
10:16

Meg Jay

Essential questions to ask your future self

Posted Jun 2021
13:14

Luvvie Ajayi Jones

How to be a professional troublemaker

Posted Jun 2021
20:36

Maria Van Kerkhove

How to end the pandemic — and prepare for the next

Posted Dec 2021
16:12

Nick Turner and Whitney Pennington Rodgers

How to fix two of the most broken systems in the US

Posted Feb 2022
22:59

Daniel H. Pink

4 kinds of regret — and what they teach you about yourself

Posted Feb 2022
16:40

Wajahat Ali

3 lessons on hope in challenging times

Posted Mar 2022
21:33

Anna Malaika Tubbs

The critical role of Black mothers — and how to support all moms

Posted Mar 2022
12:17

Ken Chenault

How great leaders innovate responsibly

Posted May 2022
10:22

Al Gore

This is the moment to take on the climate crisis

Posted May 2022
16:12

Susan Cain

Why bittersweet emotions underscore life's beauty

Posted May 2022
1h 2m

Mary Ziegler, Loretta J. Ross, Erika Bachiochi, Joshua Prager

The future of US reproductive rights after Roe v. Wade

Posted May 2022
15:47

Reshma Saujani

How to reimagine society for working parents

Posted Jul 2022
29:51

Christiane Amanpour

The fight for freedom in Iran and Ukraine

Posted Nov 2022
51:27

Eli Pariser

The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov — and why you should care

Posted Sep 2024
20:23

Angus Hervey

Break the bad news bubble (Part 1)

Posted Sep 2024
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