Elisabeth Harrison

Elisabeth Harrison's journalism background includes everything from behind-the-scenes work with the CBS Evening News to freelance documentary production.

She joined the WRNI team in 2007 as a Morning Edition producer and freelance journalist. In 2009, she became a full-time reporter, and became the Morning Edition host in 2011. She was promoted to full-time News Director in June of 2015.

Harrison's education is as wide ranging as her work at Rhode Island Public Radio. She has a B.A. in English and French from Wellesley College, and a joint M.A. in Journalism and French Studies from NYU.

A native of Los Angeles, Harrison loves good food and good movies.
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Walking The Hallways With A School Resource Officer

by Elisabeth Harrison
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School resource officers, police officers who are embedded in public schools, have become commonplace in Rhode Island. But the practice is under new…

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One Square Mile Burrillville: Fighting Addiction At Burrillville High

by Elisabeth Harrison
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There’s an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose unfolding across Rhode Island right now, and Burrillville, a small town in the northwestern corner…

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