Chloe Veltman
Chloe Veltman is a correspondent on NPR's Culture Desk.
From her base in San Francisco where she has lived for more than 20 years, Veltman covers a wide array of cultural news and trends, with a specialty in stories at the intersection of climate change and culture, and stories about the impact of technology on the cultural landscape.
Before joining NPR in July 2022, Veltman worked for a couple of member stations. She was an arts and culture reporter and senior arts editor at KQED in San Francisco, and launched and led the arts and culture bureau at Colorado Public Radio in Denver.
Veltman's foray into public media grew out of her work as an award-winning print journalist and podcaster. Before winning a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University in 2011, she was the Bay Area's culture columnist for The New York Times and the founder, and host and executive producer of VoiceBox, a weekly podcast/radio show and live events series all about the human voice.
Being a voice nerd, Veltman loves to sing. She has an annoying habit of making up jingles about her cat, Mishka.
Veltman came to the U.S. as a grad student and has lived here ever since. When NPR offered her the job, she said she was "exceedingly chuffed" — (translation: "totally stoked") — proving the old adage that you can take the girl out of England but you can't take England out of the girl. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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A U.S. district court is scheduled to consider whether to approve the settlement next week, in a case that marked the first substantive decision on how fair use applies to generative AI systems. -
In 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as "surfboard swimming." The Princes of Surf exhibit tells what happened next. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested John Shin, who has played with the Utah Symphony and Ballet West. The Department of Homeland Security cited his 2019 DUI conviction as the reason. -
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences. -
Scrawled in pencil on a scrap of yellow legal paper by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, the artifact is among dozens of treasures from The Wizard of Oz donated by composer Harold Arlen's sister-in-law Rita Arlen. -
Netflix's wildly popular movie about a fictitious all-girl rock band is hitting nearly 1,800 movie theaters around the country this weekend as a singalong version. -
PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward. -
The effort is focused on bringing the organization in line with President Trump's cultural directives ahead of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations. -
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable. -
The 59-year-old star of the 1990s TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman says he wants to join the fight against illegal immigration.
