Eric Aasen
Executive EditorEric Aasen is executive editor at Connecticut Public, the statewide NPR and PBS service. He leads the newsroom, including editors, reporters, producers and newscasters, and oversees all local news, including radio, digital and television platforms. Eric joined Connecticut Public in 2022 from KERA, the NPR/PBS member station in Dallas-Fort Worth, where he served as managing editor and digital news editor. He's directed coverage of several breaking news events and edited and shaped a variety of award-winning broadcast and digital stories. In 2023, Connecticut Public earned a national Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage that explored 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, as well as five regional Murrow Awards. In 2023 and 2024, Connecticut Public earned regional Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence. In 2015, Eric helped lead a KERA team that won a national Online Journalism Award. In 2017, KERA earned a station-record eight regional Murrow Awards, including Overall Excellence. Eric joined KERA after more than a decade as a reporter at The Dallas Morning News. A Minnesota native, Eric has wanted to be a journalist since he was in the third grade. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from DePauw University in Indiana, where he earned a political science degree. He and his wife, a Connecticut native, have a daughter and a son, as well as a dog and three cats.
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Connecticut environmental officials say they can’t determine any singular source that would cause the sooty substance, such as a forest fire, power plant or transportation-related emissions. -
The New York Times gives New Haven a shoutout as “a home to tinkerers and rebels, and a treasure trove of contemporary art and architecture.” -
Lynn Malerba, chief of the Mohegan Tribe, is the first Native American to serve as U.S. treasurer. She said her appointment is a commitment to having Native voices heard at the highest levels of government. -
One of the most closely watched Congressional races in Connecticut was the 5th District. "I had to work twice as hard and really fight to hold this seat," Jahana Hayes said. -
High-temperature records were broken in Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and across the Northeast. -
The 10-year-old boy was hospitalized; officials say his injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening. -
More details have emerged regarding what happened the night two Bristol police officers were shot and killed and a colleague was injured in what officials have described as an ambush. -
Hotaling said being an independent means he’s not beholden to the Republican or Democratic parties. -
Attorneys and family members are demanding transparency from New Haven police after a 36-year-old man was potentially paralyzed in the back of a police van.