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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Last week the Biden administration ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to close a detention facility in Massachusetts that has held many people… -
Richard Marvin Thompson pulled his truck into a rest stop to take our phone call.“I’m currently on the road. I’m working. I’m headed to make a delivery in… -
Chris Comfort says that at the start of the pandemic, Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London didn’t see a lot of COVID-19 patients. But he and other… -
Images of the mob that attacked the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6 show a dizzying array of political and religious symbols among the crowd. There were… -
When she was 15 years old, Angelica Llanos arrived -- undocumented -- in Norwalk, Connecticut, from Colombia. She lived with her mother and sister,… -
Miguel Cardona is drawing praise from many in the academic community as a visionary choice to be the next U.S. secretary of education. President-elect Joe… -
Officials from Metro-North and the Long Island Railroad say they've met the Dec. 31 deadline to install positive train control technology on their rail…
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Faith can play an important role in times of uncertainty - offering comfort and hope. Since COVID-19 hit Connecticut, many churches, synagogues and… -
With many churches, synagogues and mosques closed because of the pandemic, clergy across religious traditions have found new ways to bring people… -
Daily COVID-19 infection rates have been soaring, setting record highs in states nationwide.Months into the pandemic, we’re exhausted and stressed.…
