Cassandra Basler
Editor of Local News Programs and PodcastsCassandra Basler oversees Connecticut Public’s 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’s limited series investigative podcast, "In Absentia" and producer of the five-part podcast "Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery". Her reporting has aired nationally on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Here & Now.
Basler came to Connecticut 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, Connecticut 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’s 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, “Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider's Guide to Detroit.” 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’s best dupes for the iconic Detroit Coney Dog.
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The singing dinosaur show wouldn’t have made it to PBS airwaves, or gone on to shape a generation of kids, if it weren’t for a fateful day at a video store in Prospect, Connecticut. -
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 — and across Connecticut — people are working to change government through grassroots activism and election reforms. -
Mayor Joe Ganim keeps winning elections with the support of Bridgeport’s Democratic political machine. Machine politics has a rich and controversial history in the United States. Today, critics say it’s thriving in Bridgeport — and that it’s holding the city back. -
Once Joe Ganim was released from prison, he returned to the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he staged his political comeback. In 2015, Ganim defeated several candidates to become mayor once again — and he’s been in office ever since. -
In the 1990s, a young political newcomer named Joe Ganim became mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 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 Connecticut Public's new podcast 'Unforgotten,' a deep dive into the hidden history of slavery in our state. -
Los defensores de la alimentación, la vivienda y el cuidado de la salud asequibles en Connecticut han hecho sonar la voz de alerta ya que el proyecto de ley temporal de financiamiento federal que los legisladores elaboraron el fin de semana caduca justo antes del día de Acción de Gracias. -
Connecticut U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal says a permanent federal funding bill could be done tomorrow – that’s if members of the U.S. House can keep their promises.
