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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It's been five years since the U.S. pulled out of the nuclear deal. How close is Iran to a bomb? What can the U.S. do to stop them? And how are regional and global shifts changing the equation?
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former FBI Director James Comey about his new thriller Central Park West.
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The iconic Brady Bunch house has gone on sale in Studio City, Calif., for more than $5 million.
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Georgetown Law Professor Caroline Fredrickson talks about the implications of Dianne Feinstein's health problems for the work of the Senate and the democratic agenda.
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Author Emma Cline talks about her new novel The Guest and why she is drawn to writing characters looking in from the outside.
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Brookings Institution senior economics fellow Wendy Edelberg explains what "full faith and credit" means in relation to the debt ceiling.
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President Biden is meeting with congressional leaders on Tuesday, in what is seen as the first step toward negotiations over raising the debt ceiling.
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Tina Brown, author of The Palace Papers, talks about Camilla's journey to queen, legitimacy, and how she'll approach the role.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Northwestern Law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer on why sexual assault accusers are often asked to prove they physically or verbally resisted to be deemed credible.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with author Deepa Varadarajan about her debut novel Late Bloomers.