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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Sovijja Pou, a senior at Brown University, will compete next week as one of two swimmers representing Cambodia. His event, the 100-meter freestyle, is...
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In Middletown, St. George’s boarding school has announced a settlement with up to 30 former students, who allege they were sexually abused.
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The Rhode Island Department of Education has announced a new testing policy that should come as welcome news for many high school students. Under the...
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A Muslim community center in Kingston was the target of vandalism, in what may be a response to an apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France.
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Providence police officials say they will conduct a full review of the arrest of a woman, pulled by her hair and punched several times by an officer.
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Republican presidential candidate John Kasich addressed a crowd at Bryant University Saturday, just a few days before Rhode Island's presidential...
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The sale of the Block Island Times is expected to become final on January 1st. The weekly’s owners for the last decade, Fraser and Betty Lang, are...
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The Community College of Rhode Island plans to open a new facility in Westerly to train workers for Electric Boat. The company needs welders and other...
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The University of Rhode Island has won $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to launch a graduate center focused on science writing. The program...
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Brown University ranks among the top 10 universities whose undergraduates go on to win the prestigious MacArthur "genius" grant, according to new data...