Catherine Shen
Host, Where We LiveCatherine is the Host of ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø’s 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 ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø in context.
Before her current position, Catherine was ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø’s education reporter for just over a year. She covered a variety of stories like student mental health, childcare shortages, and teacher burnout. She joined ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø'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’s 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 ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø and started reporting for the New Britain Herald, where she won several ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø 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’s 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’s 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 .
-
Life expectancy among men in the U.S. is declining, and young men aren’t engaging with healthcare as much as their older counterparts. Today, on Where We Live, we explore what can be done to better men’s health. -
An update on how New England’s North Atlantic right whale and the Arctic’s beluga whale populations are faring. Plus, scientists are using AI technology to learn the language of ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø’s state animal: the sperm whale. -
Many couples are changing the way they get married. This hour, we dive into the world of elopement and hear from couples who have decided to tie the knot this way. -
The history of Chinese immigration to America is rife with violence, brutality and exclusion. This hour, New Yorker Magazine executive editor Michael Luo joins us to talk about his new book, 'Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America.' -
President Trump recently moved to eliminate the agency that funds libraries and museums nationwide. A federal judge blocked this action, but questions remain. What’s ahead for ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø’s cultural institutions? -
President Trump has promised to protect programs like Medicare and Medicaid, programs people with disabilities rely on. But the language coming from the Trump administration tells a different story. This hour, we hear from people living with disabilities in our state and beyond. -
Several ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø performing arts spaces and tourism destinations received notice that their federal funding is being rescinded. This hour, we speak to some impacted institutions and learn how they’re moving forward. -
Wrongful detentions. Notario scams. This hour, we look at how ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø activists are helping immigrants protect their rights, and what to do if you’ve been targeted by fraud. -
This hour, we discuss some of the Trump administration’s recent proposals to increase the birthrate. We hear from parents who share how they’d like to be supported throughout their parenthood journey. -
As the Catholic church elects a new pope, some women are hoping for expanded roles under the next papacy. We hear about the role of religious sisters and lay women in the church, and how that might change under new leadership.
