Cassandra Basler
Senior News Editor @Wshu Public Radio
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WORK HISTORY
Senior News Editor @Wshu Public Radio
Fairfield, CT, US
I edit and develop daily news features and breaking newscast stories for our flagship radio programs in Fairfield, Connecticut. In my six years at WSHU I\'ve worn many hats: Morning Edition producer and reporter, Connecticut Correspondent for the New England News Collaborative, Midday Host and Senior Editor. I\'m skilled in: news judgement, story editing, scripting, daily news and long form audio story production, narrative writing, enterprise reporting, interview 2-way production.I oversee daily operations of NPR\'s affiliate station in Fairfield, Connecticut. That includes editing newscasts, developing feature stories and enterprise journalism and podcast projects. Interim news director (6 months) Mentored, edited, and assigned projects to 3+ graduate student news fellows throughout two-year fellowship programAssigned daily news stories and long form features, edited scripts Daily news operations: Radio news stories include-police and government accountability-immigration-public health-redevelopment and race
EDUCATION
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature, German Language and Literature
Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
Master of Science - MS, Journalism
Goethe-Institut Freiburg
German Language and Literature
SKILLS
ABOUT CASSANDRA BASLER
I edit and develop daily news features and newscast stories for our flagship radio…
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