Courtney Dorning
Courtney Dorning has been a Senior Editor for NPR's All Things Considered since November 2018. In that role, she's the lead editor for the daily show. Dorning is responsible for newsmaker interviews, lead news segments and the small, quirky features that are a hallmark of the network's flagship afternoon magazine program.
Dorning has been the editor on interviews ranging from former First Lady Michelle Obama, actress and activist Jane Fonda and Speaker of the House. She contributes heavily to All Things Considered's political coverage and has played a key role in the show's coverage of the #MeToo movement. Previously, Dorning was an editor at Morning Edition.
Prior to joining NPR, she spent nearly ten years at ABC News as a researcher and producer. Dorning helped produce town meetings from Israel in 2000 and 2002, and was a key part of Nightline's award-winning coverage of Sept. 11 and the Iraq war.
Dorning lives just outside Washington, D.C., with her husband, three children and a black lab. Having a singleton and twins in 18 months has sharpened the multi-tasking skills and nerves of steel that are essential for editing two hours of daily live programming.
Dorning is a graduate of Saint Mary's College and has a master's degree from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro examines the substance behind and implications of President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter. He did so with just weeks left in his presidency after repeatedly promising not to.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel about a new chapter of leadership in the United States.
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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she had to consider whether she is a "feminist." She joined NPR's Mary Louise Kelly to discuss her new memoir, Freedom. -
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor about what Trump's cabinet picks tell us about the status of #MeToo.
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Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says "a lack of any government experience is an issue" when leading the largest institution in the world. -
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel explains the challenges that President Elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense will inherit.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to author and journalist Patrick Radden Keefe about turning his best selling book into the brand new limited series "Say Nothing," out now on Hulu.
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