Debbie Holmes
All Things Considered HostDebbie Holmes has worked at WOSU News since 2009. She has hosted All Things Considered, since May 2021. Prior to that she was the host of Morning Edition and a reporter.
Debbie began her career in broadcasting in Columbus after graduating from The Ohio State University with a major in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in French (due to her French heritage). She left the Buckeye state to pursue a career in television news and worked as a reporter and anchor in Moline, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee.
Debbie also worked as a radio news reporter in Los Angeles and earned two Golden Mike awards for live news reporting. She has also been recognized with awards from the Associated Press, and Society of Professional Journalists for her news coverage.
In 2002, she earned her MBA at Franklin University.
Debbie enjoys public broadcasting because it allows her to cover news stories in-depth. Debbie and her husband have two adult children.
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Columbus City Schools' leaders are creating an independent non-profit foundation to increase opportunities for the district's students while strengthening education. -
There's a new Gahanna-Lincoln High School. Students moved in earlier this month. The old high school had several connected buildings constructed over many decades. About 2,400 students attend Gahanna-Lincoln. The district only has one high school. -
Antoinette Miranda, the new Columbus City Schools' Board of Education president, describes where the $50 million in cuts could happen as the district prepares for a challenging new year. -
Christopher McKnight Nichols, an Ohio State University history professor, questions how the U.S. will run Venezuela after capturing the country's president Nicolas Maduro. -
WOSU’s Debbie Holmes spoke to John Moore, general manager of Hauser Heating and Air in Blue Ash, Ohio, and current president of the Air Conditioning Contractors of Ohio. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentWOSU’s Debbie Holmes spoke with Brian O'Rourke, a healthcare policy analyst with the Health Policy Institute of Ohio. It's an organization designed to guide public and private policymakers with its research and analysis on how to achieve sustainable health care spending in the state. -
Business & EconomyNationwide Arena could get a $400 million facelift if the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority gets its way. Columbus City Council has yet to include the plan on its agenda. -
Nasima, an Afghanistan native who is retired from the U.S. Air Force, said she was devastated by the fatal shooting of a West Virginia National Guardsman, but now worries that Afghans will no longer be welcomed to the U.S. -
Some employees at the Columbus Metropolitan Library are working to unionize about 600 workers. The Ohio Federation of Teachers is the union employees would join. -
Ohio native John Legend says Tuesday's election shows people are frustrated and want change. Legend is in Columbus Monday for a concert at the Schottenstein Center.
