Courtney Dorning
Courtney Dorning has been a Senior Editor for NPR's All Things Considered since November 2018. In that role, she's the lead editor for the daily show. Dorning is responsible for newsmaker interviews, lead news segments and the small, quirky features that are a hallmark of the network's flagship afternoon magazine program.
Dorning has been the editor on interviews ranging from former First Lady Michelle Obama, actress and activist Jane Fonda and Speaker of the House. She contributes heavily to All Things Considered's political coverage and has played a key role in the show's coverage of the #MeToo movement. Previously, Dorning was an editor at Morning Edition.
Prior to joining NPR, she spent nearly ten years at ABC News as a researcher and producer. Dorning helped produce town meetings from Israel in 2000 and 2002, and was a key part of Nightline's award-winning coverage of Sept. 11 and the Iraq war.
Dorning lives just outside Washington, D.C., with her husband, three children and a black lab. Having a singleton and twins in 18 months has sharpened the multi-tasking skills and nerves of steel that are essential for editing two hours of daily live programming.
Dorning is a graduate of Saint Mary's College and has a master's degree from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
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The start date of President Trump's tariffs keeps changing. An economist explains why that's bad for businesses.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks to Bennett from the centrist think tank Third Way, about what he heard from leaders in the Democratic party and what he thinks about Trump's joint session of Congress speech.
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Staffers of the Department of Government Efficiency resigned in protest saying they won't use their skills to dismantle government services. One woman shares the reasons why she took this step.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Lt. Colonel and former Trump staffer Alexander Vindman on Russia, Ukraine and his new book.
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More than 2,000 people could be displaced by the construction of the Río Indio dam. The Panama Canal Authority says the dam solves a long-term water shortage problem. -
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall about the leadership shakeup at the Pentagon, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown's firing.
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President Trump says he wants to eliminate the Department of Education. NPR speaks with two former education secretaries to dig into what this means and whether it's possible.
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Since he took office four weeks ago, President Trump has taken a series of actions that have upended the traditional role of government. Are they pushing the United States closer to an autocracy?
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President Trump says he wants to buy Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal. NPR's Juana Summers and Ari Shapiro compare their recent reporting from both locations.
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A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?
