Catherine Shen
Host, Where We LiveCatherine is the Host of 海角换妻鈥檚 morning talk show and podcast, Where We Live. Catherine and the WWL team focus on going beyond the headlines to bring in meaningful conversations that put 海角换妻 in context.
Before her current position, Catherine was 海角换妻鈥檚 education reporter for just over a year. She covered a variety of stories like student mental health, childcare shortages, and teacher burnout. She joined 海角换妻's newsroom in 2021. The Los Angeles native came to CT Public after a decade of print and digital reporting across the country.
She started her journalism career in the Los Angeles fashion scene. While that was an exciting time, Catherine ultimately needed to get back to her news roots. She was soon traipsing all across California鈥檚 Central Coast as a freelance news reporter for several newspapers, where she broke stories about local government, law enforcement, and education. She also covered crime, healthcare, business, as well as arts and culture.
After finding herself on the East Coast, she continued reporting in New Jersey, covering a mix of academic news, nonprofit projects, and human feature stories both off and on camera. Then she moved to 海角换妻 and started reporting for the New Britain Herald, where she won several 海角换妻 Society of Professional Journalists awards for her coverage on the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice movements, and police accountability.
Catherine received an undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism from Washington State University鈥檚 Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. While an undergraduate student, she was a reporter for the university newspaper and its student-run television station, Cable 8 News. She鈥檚 also a proud member of the Asian American Journalism Society.
In her downtime, she tries her best to catch up on her reading list but often fails due to a variety of distractions, including reorganizing her bookshelves, scavenging library book sales, and thinking about reading books.
Catherine can be reached at cshen@ctpublic.org and follow her on Twitter at .
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In his book Seek, Scott Shigeoka explores how curiosity can build connections, and create stronger relationships. This hour, he shares how to get curious about curiosity. -
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