Andrea Seabrook
NPR’s Award-Winning Congressional Correspondent
Andrea Seabrook has been covering Capitol Hill for NPR since 2003.
Whether she’s in session or on the House floor, Seabrook is a true
Washington insider, with access to and extensive knowledge of the
internal workings of both parties.
A versatile political reporter, Seabrook has covered it all: from the last Republican Majority,
through the speakership of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats’ control of the House, to the GOP
landslide of 2010. In her insightful stories, Seabrook explains both the daily complexities of
legislation and the longer trends in American politics.
Seabrook and NPR’s Peter Overby won the prestigious Joan S. Barone award for their Dollar
Politics series, which exposed the intense lobbying effort around President Obama’s Health
Care legislation. Their most recent collaboration, this time on the flow of money during the 2010
midterm elections, was widely lauded and drew a huge audience spike on NPR.org.
A patriot at heart, Seabrook fully embraces the democratic process, and what she refers to “the
great train wreck of ideas that is Congress.” With her insider’s perspective on the government,
Seabrook delivers insight into how the government works and how it doesn’t, as well as how it
works for us—and against us—as citizens.
From 2006 and 2007, Seabrook host the weekend edition of NPR’s All Things Considered. In
that role, she covered a wide range of topics, from the uptick in violence in the Iraq war to the
history of video game music. A frequent guest host of NPR programs, including Weekend
Edition and Talk of the Nation, Seabrook has also anchored NPR’s live coverage of national
party conventions and election night in 2006 and 2008.
Seabrook joined NPR in 1998 as an editorial assistant for the music program, Anthem. After
serving in a variety of editorial and production positions, she moved to NPR's Mexico Bureau to
work as a producer and translator, providing fill-in coverage of Mexico and Central America. She
returned to NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., in1999 and worked on NPR’s Science Desk
and the NPR/National Geographic series, Radio Expeditions. Later, she moved to NPR’s
Morning Edition, and embarked in her on-air career as a weekend general assignment reporter
for all NPR programs.
Before coming to NPR, Seabrook lived, studied, and worked in Mexico City, Mexico. She ran
audio for movies and television, and even had a bit part in a Mexican soap opera.
Seabrook earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Earlham College and studied Latin
American literature at UNAM - La Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.