
Eric Aasen
Executive EditorEric Aasen is executive editor at º£½Ç»»ÆÞ, 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 º£½Ç»»ÆÞ 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, º£½Ç»»ÆÞ 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, º£½Ç»»ÆÞ 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 º£½Ç»»ÆÞ native, have a daughter and a son, as well as a dog and three cats.
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º£½Ç»»ÆÞ 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.
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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.â€
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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.
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One of the most closely watched Congressional races in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ was the 5th District. "I had to work twice as hard and really fight to hold this seat," Jahana Hayes said.
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High-temperature records were broken in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ, Maine, Vermont and across the Northeast.
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The 10-year-old boy was hospitalized; officials say his injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening.
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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.
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Independent governor candidate Rob Hotaling: 'I’m the only one who can break the blue-red divide'Hotaling said being an independent means he’s not beholden to the Republican or Democratic parties.
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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.