Franco Ordoñez is a political reporter, currently servicing as the White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Previously, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti. Ordoñez has received the Casey Medal, the Gerald Loeb Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism. He has been a reporting fellow with the International Center for Journalists. Ordoñez received his undergraduate degree from The University of Georgia, and his M.Sc. in Journalism from Columbia University.