Praveena Somasundaram

Washington, D.C.

Morning Mix reporter

Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA in journalism, BA in biology

Praveena Somasundaram is a reporter on The Washington Post's Morning Mix desk. She joined The Post as an intern on the General Assignment desk and has previously reported at the Dallas Morning News and the Charlotte Observer.
Latest from Praveena Somasundaram

Her dried-up yard won an ‘Ugliest Lawn’ award. She hopes it inspires others.

The “World’s Ugliest Lawn” winner Kathleen Murray, a 53-year-old who lives in Tasmania, has not watered her yard in years.

January 19, 2024

Israel slowing operations in northern Gaza, IDF says

A Houthi missile hit the Gibraltar Eagle, U.S. Centcom said Monday, though there were no reports of injuries or significant damage and the container ship will continue its journey.

January 15, 2024

Iowa high school principal who tried to distract shooter dies, governor says

Dan Marburger, 56, had tried to distract the senior who opened fired at Perry High School on Jan. 4 so students could escape, his daughter said.

January 14, 2024

NYC issues orders to stabilize buildings over secret synagogue tunnel

Videos show police trying to keep a group away from a hole in the synagogue wall that opened to a passageway into the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s headquarters building.

January 11, 2024

A reporter’s stand-up got him fired — until his jokes were deemed funny

An arbitrator ruled that Jad Sleiman, who was fired for his stand-up comedy, should be reinstated as a reporter at WHYY, an NPR member station in Philadelphia.

January 9, 2024

Man leaps over bench to attack Nevada judge during sentencing, video shows

Deobra Redden, 30, was shown on video attacking Judge Mary Kay Holthus in Nevada during his sentencing for a charge of attempted battery with substantial bodily harm.

January 4, 2024

Gunman broke into Colo. Supreme Court building, fired shots, police say

Brandon Olsen, 44, was arrested Tuesday on charges of robbery, burglary and arson, Denver police said.

January 2, 2024

Ore. paper cuts staff, stops printing after employee stole $90K, editor says

A Eugene Weekly worker embezzled funds totaling at least $90,000, leaving the paper without money for payroll in late December, its editor said.

January 2, 2024

A woman lost her wallet at the movies. It was returned 65 years later.

Floy Culbreth, who died in 2005 at the age of 87, had lost the wallet at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta in 1958, the theater’s owner said.

December 29, 2023

Rick Scott is latest politician to report swatting at his Fla. home

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who had been out at dinner with his wife, described the swatting incident as a “sick attempt to terrorize my family.”

December 28, 2023