Cassandra Basler
Editor of Local News Programs and PodcastsCassandra Basler oversees 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 flagship daily news programs, Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and coordinates breaking news coverage on the air, online and in your morning email inbox. She also edited the seven-part podcast series "Generation Barney" about the media we loved as kids and how it shapes us. She's an editor of the station鈥檚 limited series investigative podcast, "In Absentia" and producer of the five-part podcast "Unforgotten: 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Hidden History of Slavery". Her reporting has aired nationally on NPR鈥檚 All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Here & Now.
Basler came to 黑料吃瓜网 by way of Columbia Journalism School in New York City, where she graduated with a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship and used it to cover the integration of Syrian refugees in Germany during the height of the world migrant crisis.
Previously, Basler worked at WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, 黑料吃瓜网 as a Morning Edition producer/reporter, a local correspondent for The New England News Collaborative, and a midday newscast anchor. She later served as senior editor, helping to produce everything from newscasts, to features and a biweekly travel podcast.
Basler grew up just north of Detroit, Michigan. There, she worked on a live morning talk show and in the newsroom at the local public radio affiliate during Detroit鈥檚 historic municipal bankruptcy filing. Her favorite freelance job was working as a researcher and contributing writer for the first Detroit guidebook to be published in three decades, 鈥淏elle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider's Guide to Detroit.鈥� Before that, she studied English, German and Urban Studies at the University of Michigan.
On the weekends, you can find her mapping out New England鈥檚 best dupes for the iconic Detroit Coney Dog.
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The show returns to TheaterWorks Hartford for 16 performances, plus three hootenannies from July 13-28. -
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, demanding they move quickly to approve newer UV-filtering ingredients for sun protection. -
What systems enable political dysfunction? How can people in power be held accountable? In Bridgeport 鈥� and across 黑料吃瓜网 鈥� people are working to change government through grassroots activism and election reforms. -
Mayor Joe Ganim keeps winning elections with the support of Bridgeport鈥檚 Democratic political machine. Machine politics has a rich and controversial history in the United States. Today, critics say it鈥檚 thriving in Bridgeport 鈥� and that it鈥檚 holding the city back. -
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In the 1990s, a young political newcomer named Joe Ganim became mayor of Bridgeport, 黑料吃瓜网. At the time, he was considered a rising star in state politics. But his career took an unexpected turn, and the FBI got involved. -
In this hour, we're airing the first and second episodes of 黑料吃瓜网's new podcast 'Unforgotten,' a deep dive into the hidden history of slavery in our state. -
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黑料吃瓜网 U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal says a permanent federal funding bill could be done tomorrow 鈥� that鈥檚 if members of the U.S. House can keep their promises.
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The suspect in the attack, Winston Tate, has been previously charged with other violent crimes and is currently on probation for robbery.
