Joel Rose
Digital Editor
Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. He primarily covers transportation, as well as breaking news. On this beat, Rose covers anything that moves — planes, trains, cars, trucks, bicycles, and more — and the people who make them go. His reporting focuses on traffic and pedestrian safety, the transition to electric vehicles, and an air travel system under stress. Since joining NPR in 2011, Rose has covered immigration for the network and worked as a general assignment reporter in New York City. He was part of a team of NPR journalists who were finalists for the duPont-Columbia Award for reporting on the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, and traveled to Honduras to report on how climate change is reshaping migration. Rose has interviewed grieving parents after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, asylum-seekers fleeing from violence and poverty in Central and South America, and a long list of musicians including Tom Waits, Solomon Burke, India.Arie, Sixto Rodriguez and Arcade Fire. Breaking news coverage has taken him across the country: from the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina, to major hurricanes in Florida, Louisiana, New York and North Carolina, and major protests after the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner. He's also collaborated with NPR's Planet Money and Up First podcasts, and contributed to NPR's Peabody Award-winning coverage of the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
The Transportation Department proposes new rules for how airlines handle wheelchairs
Enlarge this image Passengers wait in line at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on October 11, 2021 in Virginia....
Pedestrian deaths fell modestly last year, but there's still a safety 'crisis'
Enlarge this image Pedestrians outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan on January 01, 2023. Bruce Bennett/G...
Boeing ousts the head of its troubled 737 Max program after quality control concerns
Enlarge this image Boeing announced a management shakeup - including the ouster of the leader of the 737 Max production...
Eyes on the road: Automated speed cameras get a fresh look as traffic deaths mount
Enlarge this image Richmond, Va., joins a growing list of cities that have installed automated enforcement cameras in an...
The FAA lays out a path for Boeing 737 Max 9 to fly again, but new concerns surface
Enlarge this image The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft is seen at Portland International Airport on January 9,...
Boeing's quality control draws criticism as a whistleblower alleges lapses at factory
Enlarge this image Alaska Airlines N704AL, a Boeing 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International...
The FAA says airlines should check the door plugs on another model of Boeing plane
Enlarge this image A United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER arrives at Los Angeles International Airport in 2019. Mario Tama/G...
United Airlines finds loose bolts, other problems on grounded Boeing jets
Enlarge this image This photo shows the gaping hole where the panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on a...
