JJ Green is an international affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C.
He covers wars, national security, intelligence, espionage, terrorism, and breaking news.
He is an award winning journalist with 30 years of on-the-ground reporting experience in more than 50 countries.
He’s also a sought after global affairs speaker, analyst, teacher and media trainer.
“Seeing the world through the eyes of a child in a war-torn country is the truest representation of what’s happening there.”
“JJ Green | from Zabul, Afghanistan”
What people are saying about JJ Green
“JJ Green’s career in journalism is nothing short of remarkable. He has the distinction of working across platforms — for print outlets, broadcast and cable news, and for the past 20 years, in radio. He’s worked for nearly all the big news networks — CBS, ABC, CNN and C-SPAN.”
Gretchen Peck, Editor & Publisher 12/4/2024
“There isn’t anybody that knows more about national security and the threats that they pose than JJ, Green.”
-Dave Lucas, News Anchor, ABC 7 Washington D.C. 11/13/2023
“We honor your leadership as an author, reporter, correspondent, and teacher, and recognizing your expertise in international affairs through the lens of the U.S. Government, military and national security organizations.”
Alex Hernandez, President Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont 5/13/23 presenting honorary degree to JJ Green
“My name is Paul Whelan. I’m a US citizen being held hostage by the Russian government. I'd like to speak to you about that. I do understand that you have been quite supportive in your reporting and that has been quite helpful. I greatly appreciate that, as my family does. Thank you.”
Paul Whelan calls from Russian prison, 12/24/2023
“JJ - thanks for your tenacity and for understanding that being an empathetic human are two of the qualities that make a reporter great.”
Julie Ziegler, Dir. of News & Programming WTOP News | 12/25/23
The Latest from JJ Green
Crossroads of a Crisis: The storm no one saw coming
Declining Western support for Ukraine. A massacre in Israel followed by war in Gaza. The disarray in the U.S. Congress. In his new series “Crossroads of a Crisis,” WTOP’s National Security Correspondent J.J. Green’s delves into the three weeks in October when the world changed dramatically. And while many have been distracted by the chaos in the Middle East, Russian spies launched a secret espionage operation in the U.S to manipulate the American public.Recognized. Credible. Trusted.
From Washington to Warsaw to Windhoek and beyond, JJ Green delivers truth, objectivity and insight.
