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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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Many central Ohio residents expressed their viewpoints about Joe Biden leaving the presidential race so late in the process and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of the Democratic Party ticket.
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A former Bishop Ready High School wrestling coach is facing misdemeanor charges related to inappropriately touching a teenager last year.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio Department of Health officials are touting the growth of the WIC Farmer's Market program.
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The stories and statistics of up to 300 baseball players who played in the Negro Leagues in Ohio are now part of Major League Baseball records.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio health officials are working to improve mental health access as rates of depressions among youth and adults have increased in recent years. Ohio has had a higher number of suicides for the past several years.
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Business & EconomyIn April 2023, the unemployment rate in the state was 3.4%.
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Jalen Bradley and his sister, Ja-Dawn Bradley, are suing for millions. The suit said Jalen Bradley was paralyzed after Columbus police shot him on May 6, 2023.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentA new study at Ohio State University and Duke University finds that Black men and women experiencing mental health disorders are at higher risk for arrest than white American adults.
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Business & EconomyA new report from the Brookings Institution finds Columbus, listed among the top 54 metropolitan areas, has benefited from national economic growth, but that growth is not helping minorities as much.
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Federal authorities say 37-year-old Cordell Washington, of Pickerington, ran a large-scale drug trafficking organization in Columbus.