Cassandra Basler
Cassandra Basler comes to WSHU by way of Columbia Journalism School in New York City. She recently graduated with a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, which means she has two years to report on an issue anywhere in the world (she's still figuring out where she'd like to go). She grew up just north of Detroit, Michigan, where she worked for the local public radio affiliate. She also wrote about her adventures sampling the city cuisines for the first guidebook to be published in three decades, Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider's Guide to Detroit. Before that, Cassandra studied English, German and Urban Studies at University of Michigan. When she's not reporting on wealth and poverty, she's writing about food and family.
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The hearing into allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is generating particular interest at his alma mater Yale, which has been a hotbed of activism of late.
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The Connecticut Supreme Court will soon decide whether families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting can sue Remington, the maker of the assault-style rifle used in the killings.
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Thousands of students across the country are expected to walk out of class Friday to protest violence in schools. And the idea came from a group of kids who live far from Florida. -
A lot of refugees have no experience with Halloween. So a group of Yale students threw a Halloween party over the weekend to introduce teens in New Haven to the holiday.
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First responder John Feal created a memorial for other Sept. 11 responders who died not on the day, but of health issues related to working at ground zero.
