Diane Orson
Special CorrespondentDiane Orson is a special correspondent with Connecticut Public. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Here and Now; and The World from PRX. She spent seven years as CT Public Radio's local host for Morning Edition.
Diane received a regional 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Writing by the Radio Television Digital News Association. She was awarded a 2023 New England Emmy for CUTLINE | Antisemitism Rising: Bearing Witness Then and Now, which she co-produced and hosted.
Her radio story about an 83-year old atomic veteran placed first in the Public Media Journalists Association 2021 national arts awards. She is the co-recipient of a 2021 Edward R. Murrow Award for a video based on that story.
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Nigerian-born multimedia artist and writer Olu Oguibe talks about his "Monument to Strangers and Refugees," his artistic philosophy and living and working as an artist in Connecticut. -
Musician Jin Hi Kim of Bridgeport is one of two Connecticut artists to receive a USA Fellows award. She composes and performs on an ancient stringed instrument from Korea called the komungo. -
In Part 2 of our series "Classical Music: Moving Toward Inclusion," we speak with Cuban-born violinist Ilmar Gavilán, founder of the Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet. Ilmar talks about attracting new audiences to classical music. He and his pianist/composer brother Aldo López-Gavilán are the subjects of the 2021 documentary film "Los Hermanos." The Gavilán brothers spent years separated by geopolitics and were eventually reunited to perform together again. -
A Connecticut mother of two awaits word on whether she’ll be granted legal status in the U.S., or face deportation to Honduras. This, as new Biden administration guidelines for immigration enforcement have just taken effect. -
Alex Jones lost a defamation case brought on by families of some of the 26 victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn.
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A Connecticut judge has issued a sweeping ruling against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, finding him liable in a long-running defamation lawsuit brought by families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. -
Theaters around Connecticut are reopening after their pandemic shutdowns. The Ivoryton Playhouse in Essex is featuring the premiere of a new play with music. "The Porch on Windy Hill" explores cultural connections that have long been part of traditional American music, set against a backdrop of division and anti-Asian racism within one American family. -
As we approach this year’s anniversary of Sept. 11, we hear from young people with little or no memory of the attacks. -
Tropical Storm Henri has made landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island. -
The support and attention of an adult is often the key that helps a student unlock potential and find academic success. Two recent college graduates in…
