Cassandra Basler
Former Senior EditorCassandra Basler, a former senior editor at WSHU, came to the station 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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As the nation grapples with several police killings of Black and Latino residents, police in New Haven, Connecticut, will undergo a new training to…
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Anyone looking to surrender guns anonymously will be able to drop them off without leaving their vehicle at New Haven Police Academy on Saturday. The buyback comes after a nearly 50% uptick in gun violence during the pandemic.
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Connecticut officials said pandemic relief funds are helping the state find permanent living options for the unhoused.Governor Ned Lamont joined federal…
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A former personnel director for the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been sentenced to four months in prison by a U.S. District Judge today.David Dunn…
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Vice President Kamala Harris asked Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont if the state can help house some of the 19,000 migrant children that crossed the…
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Federal prosecutors want a former personnel director for the city of Bridgeport to face prison time for his role in a job-rigging scandal for police…
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Connecticut state Senator Will Haskell wants his fellow Gen-Z peers to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations, now that the state has opened appointments to…
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As New York and Connecticut open up COVID-19 shots to everyone ages 16 and up, the Department of Justice wants residents to avoid clicking on links that…
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The ex-Police Chief of Bridgeport, Connecticut, wants to serve house arrest instead of prison time. That’s after former chief A. J. Perez pleaded guilty…
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Members of Connecticut's Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities say they are glad to see President Joe Biden’s new plan to address the…