Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), focusing primarily on the activities and politics of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's news magazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. From 1992 to 2013, she was also a panelist on the syndicated TV political commentary show Inside Washington. Totenberg is considered one of NPR's 'Founding Mothers' and has received numerous broadcast journalism awards for her explanatory pieces and scoops. Notably, she broke the story on sexual harassment allegations made against Clarence Thomas by Anita Hill, leading to the re-opening of Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.