Ebong Udoma
Senior ReporterAs WSHU Public Radio’s award-winning senior political reporter, Ebong Udoma draws on his extensive tenure to delve deep into state politics. In addition to providing long-form reports and features for WSHU, he regularly contributes spot news to NPR, and has worked at the NPR National News Desk as part of NPR’s diversity initiative.
Ebong has covered presidential visits and high profile political races such as former wrestling executive Linda McMahon's two unsuccessful bids for the U.S. Senate. He has also reported on several state and municipal corruption trials in Connecticut, including one that led to the resignation of former Governor John Rowland. Ebong keenly follows developments with Native American tribes in Connecticut and produced an award-winning feature on the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
Ebong recently returned from his native Nigeria, where he spent a year helping to establish the international media network Gotel Africa. During his time there, he trained and managed local reporters and covered major stories, such as the presidential election in Nigeria and the government’s offensive against Boko Haram.
Prior to joining WSHU in 1994, Ebong was an award-winning reporter with the Connecticut Post. He also covered political transitions in Nigeria in 1993 and 1999 for Pacifica Network News.
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Fiscal stability and tax restraint will guide his agenda as he returns for a historic third term as Connecticut governor, Democrat Ned Lamont said at a post-election news briefing. -
Connecticut’s early and absentee voting topped 508,000 ahead of Tuesday’s election, according to preliminary numbers from the Secretary of the State’s office. -
WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Mark Pazniokas to talk about the final hours leading up to Election Day as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. -
New York and Connecticut are part of a multi-state coalition that General Motors has agreed to pay $220 million to settle claims that it sold drivers' private data and location information to insurance companies without authorization. -
Early numbers in Connecticut show Black and Hispanic residents are voting twice as much as they did in 2024, according to an analysis done by Connecticut Democrats. -
The Connecticut Citizen’s Assembly on Property Taxes released a report recommending that state lawmakers revisit highway tolls and a millionaire’s tax next year. -
WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Lisa Hagen about the five congressional races in Connecticut as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short. -
ICE, taxes and high energy costs dominated Connecticut’s first gubernatorial debate between incumbent Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican challenger Ryan Fazio. -
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican challenger Ryan Fazio face off Thursday night in their first televised debate ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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More than 7,000 early childhood educators in Connecticut without health insurance can now sign up for state-subsidized coverage.
