Catherine Shen
Host, Where We LiveCatherine is the Host of Connecticut Public’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 Connecticut in context.
Before her current position, Catherine was Connecticut Public’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 Connecticut Public'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 Connecticut and started reporting for the New Britain Herald, where she won several Connecticut 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 @catshenwnpr.
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This hour, we hear about the health of American Oystercatchers, herons, raptors and other native birds from the Connecticut Audubon Society and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. -
Where We Live producer Tess Terrible sat down with Catherine Shen to learn more about her background and what she’s most excited about in her new role as the show's host.
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Did you pledge to be more grateful or practice more self care in the New Year? Journaling can help! This hour on Where We Live, we talk about the power of journaling and how to start.
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This hour, hear from PROUD Academy founder and executive director Patty Nicolari. Plus, the latest on the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Civil Rights investigation into allegations of LGBTQ bullying in Connecticut.
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This hour, go behind-the-scenes with playwrights, directors and actors, hearing about the importance of spotlighting Latinx stories where we live.
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This hour on Where We Live, we hear from Robin Fierce and Loosey LaDuca, two of four queens with Connecticut ties competing on this season of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' on MTV.
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This hour, we preview a collaboration between Connecticut tribal nations and the State Department of Education, developing K-12 social studies curriculum that centers the voices of the tribes where we live.
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This hour, State Sen. Saud Anwar discusses the legislative push for protections for nurses. Plus, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, CT Nurses United and a local nurse union join us.
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January is the month of goals and challenges. Veganuary is no exception. This hour we look at the 30-day plant-based challenge that originated nearly a decade ago and has since taken on a life of its own.
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Wrong-way driving is on the rise in Connecticut. This hour on Where We Live, we discuss what’s being done to prevent wrong-way collisions in our state.
