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. Along with her WOSU colleagues Renee Fox, Matthew Rand and Allie Vugrincic, Debbie won a 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for WOSU's State of Religion series. 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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Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio State University researchers are launching a four-year study on how menopause affects the mental and physical health of women veterans. -
Visitors to the 2026 BIA Parade of Homes this month will experience a new approach to showing off new homes. -
The Ohio State University at Marion is opening a new downtown engagement hub Wednesday. The aim is to bring people together to collaborate and work on solutions for the community. -
Memories linger for millions 25 years after two commercial passenger airplanes were hijacked and crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentOhio State University researchers are asking soybean farmers in the state to check their crops for red crown rot. -
The city of Gahanna has a new and much larger civic center. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentA new Ohio State University research study with the Ohio Restaurant and Hospitality Alliance shows the popularity of weight loss drugs like GLP-1 is changing the way people eat at restaurants. -
The study found school administrators are more likely to experience verbal and threatening aggression from parents than teachers or school mental health professionals. -
The Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled that two members of the Wagner family convicted in the Pike County massacres will be re-sentenced. -
Sean Walton, the Columbus NAACP’s new president, said he wants to increase membership and collaborate with other similar groups.
