Rhode Island’s unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent in September, down from 5.7 percent in August and 7.2 percent a year earlier, according to new…
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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Providence Seeks Input On Search For Schools Chief
The search committee seeking a superintendent for Rhode Island’s largest school district has scheduled a series of public meetings to gather input from…
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RI Council On Higher Education Votes For Tuition Freeze At Public Colleges
Rhode Island’s council for higher education has voted against tuition increases at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the…
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Pawtucket English Teacher Wins Milken Award
Kendra Borden, a Pawtucket junior high school English teacher is Rhode Island’s winner of the 2015 Milken Educator Award. Borden received the award in a…
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As CCRI President Plans His Departure, Committee Searches For Replacement
A committee searching for the next president of Rhode Island’s community college meets Wednesday, as the group is narrows the field of candidates.
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Bryant Coach May Be First Out Men’s Basketball Coach In Division I Sports
In a strikingly personal statement on outsports.com, Bulldogs’ Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Burns describes what it was like to conceal his…
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URI President David Dooley On Campus Violence
University of Rhode Island President David Dooley is defending the football team after two of its players were charged with assault. The students…
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Does Talking To Your Kids Make A Difference? Researchers Await Results Of Providence Talks
Children who know more words tend to do better in school, and that has some researchers wondering whether early language may offer a key to closing the…
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RISD, Brown Grads Among New ‘Genius’ Grant Recipients
Artist Nicole Eisenman, who received a BFA in painting from RISD in 1987 is part of the new class of MacArthur Grant recipients. Eisenman works in a…
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Brown Revokes Honorary Degree For Bill Cosby
Brown University has revoked an honorary degree awarded to the comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of allegations he drugged and sexually assaulted a…
