Erica McIntosh
Senior Editor (Fairfield County)Erica McIntosh is Senior Regional Editor for Southern Connecticut. Erica was born and raised in Connecticut.
She comes to public media from the television news industry where she produced and managed a variety of segments including daily newscasts. Erica also worked on various talk shows centered around politics and entertainment.
She has worked in various newsrooms along the East Coast including Washington, D.C., New York and Connecticut.
Erica holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communication from Trinity-Washington University and a Master of Science Degree in Journalism from Quinnipiac University.
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We explore three essential questions about 9/11: What do we remember? How does personal memory become shared history? And what do we choose to carry forward? -
Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat talks about her latest book, 'Dèy,' which tells the story of a Haitian American woman in Miami trying to understand a traumatic experience. -
We are reframing failure and celebrating people who forge their own path. We talk to the Founder of the Museum of Failure and host a panel discussion with young people about taking non-traditional journeys. -
We'll learn how the history of discrimination at pools impacts people of color, and we'll talk to a local group who provides adaptive swim lessons to neurodivergent students. -
With the 250th year of the U.S., scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. is thinking about how the country celebrates its founding. His new book is 'America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries.' -
Gambling is more accessible than ever, but what kind of impact has that had? We talk about everything from what people who work at sports betting companies say to the impact on college students. -
The teams behind 'The Librarians' and 'Missing in Brooks County' talk about the power of documentary film to create change. -
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is known for her pioneering work on critical race theory and intersectionality— both of which are terms she coined. She joins us to discuss her new book, 'Backtalker: An American Memoir,' which explores how the way she grew up taught her the importance of speaking out. -
The 'Disrupted' summer movie panel is back! We'll talk about the moment horror films are having today, and we'll have an honest conversation about representation in Hollywood. -
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy thinks Americans need to change their values. He makes the argument in his new book, 'Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.'
