Shannon Bond
Shannon Bond is a correspondent at NPR covering how technology, politics, power, and influence intersect.
She previously covered technology for NPR's Business desk, focused on how Silicon Valley's biggest companies are transforming how we live, work and communicate.
Bond joined NPR in 2019. Before that, she spent 11 years as a reporter and editor at the Financial Times in New York City and San Francisco. She also co-hosted the FT's award-winning podcast, Alphachat, about business and economics.
Bond has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School and a bachelor's degree in psychology and religion from Columbia University.
She can be reached via encrypted message at shannonbond.01 on Signal.
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Florida's attorney general is launching a criminal investigation into the alleged role of ChatGPT in a mass shooting at Florida State University last year. -
Advocates hope recent verdicts against social media platforms will build momentum for bigger changes in Silicon Valley. -
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out. -
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025. -
A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies knowingly hook young users and cause harm. -
Members of QAnon believe Donald Trump is destined to defeat a Satanic cabal that included Jeffrey Epstein. How are they reacting to the Justice Department's decision not to release more information?
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The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season. -
NPR has identified nearly 40 small, independent entities – both inside and outside the federal government's control – that a team of young DOGE staffers has tried to access in recent weeks.
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As agencies scramble to comply with President Trump's Jan. 20 order terminating remote work, employees say the process has been marked by confusion, changing guidance and frustrating conditions. -
The federal government is preparing to shed up to a quarter of its 360 million square feet of real estate, an NPR analysis finds. The agency in charge of federal real estate is also slashing staff.
