Alison Jones

Alison Jones

Senior Writer, University Communications
Duke University
Speaker

Bio

Alison Jones is an award-winning writer, editor and audio producer. As senior writer at the Duke University Office of News and Communications, she has co-produced several podcasts that have been well-received at Duke and beyond, including “Everything Happens,” “Ways & Means” and “Glad You Asked.”

Her work as a print and radio journalist has appeared in The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun and on public radio, including NPR's “All Things Considered,” NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” American Public Media’s “American RadioWorks” and North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC. She was part of the reporting team for the DuPont Award-winning radio series “North Carolina Voices: Understanding Poverty.” A former staff writer for the Raleigh, N.C. News and Observer, she has also reported on the Carolinas for TIME Magazine.

Her radio documentary "
Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America," co-produced with editor Deborah George, aired on public radio stations across the country beginning in summer 2014, reaching more than 2.6 million listeners.

Jones also previously served as communications director for the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy.