Lauren Chooljian

Lauren Chooljian is a senior reporter/producer at NHPR’s DOCUMENT team, a narrative-driven, long form reporting project. She is the host and reporter behind The 13th Step, a podcast about sexual misconduct in the addiction treatment industry. The New Yorker, Vogue and New York Magazine called the show one of the best podcasts of 2023. Lauren’s work has won numerous awards, including a duPont-Columbia award, National Edward R Murrow award and she has been recognized by the Third Coast International Audio Festival. Before joining NHPR in 2017, Lauren spent nearly six years as a reporter, producer and fill-in host for WBEZ in Chicago. She has appeared on NPR, PBS NewsHour, CNN, CSPAN, MSNBC, and in The Washington Post, among others. She is a graduate of Saint Anselm College and received a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.