Who is Lulu Garcia Navarro?
This is all you need to know about Lourdes “Lulu” Garcia-Navarro, a famous American journalist who is currently working for The New York Times as an Opinion Audio podcast host. From 2017 to 2021, Garcia worked for NPR as the host of National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Sunday for 17 years. Before that, Lulu worked as a Jerusalem bureau chief at NPR.
In 2012 Lulu was awarded five awards and wide acclaim due to her vivid dispatches of the Arab Spring uprisings and her report of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such as the Edward R. Murrow and Peabody Awards due to her report on the Libyan revolt. Thereafter Lulu went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, reporting on South America. Lulu’s series on the Amazon rainforest won an Edward R. Murrow award for best news series and was a Peabody finalist.
Lulu’s career commenced serving at the BBC World Service and Voice of America as a freelance journalist, traveling to Panama, Cuba, Syria, and a variety of European countries on assignment for the two organizations. In 1999 Lulu was employed as a producer by Associated Press Television News and served at the news agency’s radio division. Lulu worked in Kosovo in 1999, Colombia in 2000, Afghanistan in 2001, Israel in 2002, and Iraq from 2002 to 2004.
Before the 2003 war, Lulu traveled to Iraq on assignment and was one of the few journalists who reported on the invasion as a unilateral reporter. In November 2004 Lulu joined National Public Radio working as Mexico City bureau chief. In January 2008 Lulu went to Baghdad and oversaw NPR’s Iraq coverage for over a year.
Lulu relocated to Jerusalem in April 2009 to work as the bureau chief, a role she worked through to the end of 2012. In April 2013 Lulu opened NPR’s Brazil bureau. Due to her work in Mexico, she was awarded the 2006 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize. Lulu was among the team that obtained the 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award recognizing NPR’s Iraq coverage and the 2005 Peabody Award.
Lulu has been awarded the Overseas Press Club Lowell Thomas Award, the Outstanding Correspondent Gracie Award, and the 2012 City University in London XCity Award besides the Murrow and Peabody awards. Lulu disclosed on September 9, 2021, that she would depart from NPR as of October 17, 2021. On September 30, 2021, the New York Times Company reported that Lulu would join its Opinion Audio team to work as an anchor of an explore the personal side of opinion, a new podcast that debuted on June 9, 2022.
Lulu Garcia Navarro Age
Lulu Garcia Navarro was born in London, England though she has not publicized her year, month, and date of birth thus these details will be updated as soon as Garcia does.
Height and Weight
Navarro stands at a moderate stature but she has not publicized her height and weight in the public eye thus these details will be updated as soon as we acquire them.
Family
She was born in London, England though she was nurtured by her supportive and loving parents in Miami. Lulu disclosed that her parents “are Cuban and Panamanian”. Lulu has not disclosed any information concerning her father, mother, and siblings in the limelight therefore this info will be updated as soon as the Georgetown University graduate does.
Husband
She is happily and contentedly wedded to her handsome husband James Hider who is a retired Times of London journalist. Lulu and James are blessed with a gorgeous daughter. Lulu became a US citizen in 2017.
Education
She enrolled at Georgetown University where she graduated with a B.S. in international relations. Also, she went to City University in London where she attained a master’s in journalism.
Salary
Lulu receives an annual salary of between $50, 000 to $110, 000 and this is according to The New York Times Opinion Audio podcast hosts’ salaries.
Net Worth
From her successful journalism career, Lulu has managed to acquire an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 million US dollars.
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