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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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kira Sonbonmatsu about the fundraising disparities between women and men running for political office.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former CIA official Robert Baer about the case of Manuel Rocha, a longtime U.S. diplomat charged with being a spy for Cuba.
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The Palestinian keffiyeh has been at the center of violent attacks in the U.S. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with dress historian Wafa Ghnaim about the keffiyeh's legacy and significance for Palestinians.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, about whether Biden's open support for Israeli military action in Gaza may be nearing its limit.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jeremi Suri, professor of public affairs and history at University of Texas at Austin about Henry Kissinger's complicated legacy.
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Dozens of hostages detained by Hamas have been freed. But what happens next? NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Liz Cathcart, executive director of the non-profit Hostage U.S., about life after captivity.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Johnny Cash historian Mark Stielper and Cash's son, John Carter Cash, on their book, Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics and the Man in Black's legacy as a songwriter.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly visits the Hitteen U.N. Refugee camp for Palestinians in Zarqa, Jordan, and talks to residents about the war between Israel and Hamas.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with four women who are social influencers in Amman, Jordan — where the majority of the population is of Palestinian origin — about their thoughts on the war in Israel.
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Concern about a spread of the Israel-Hamas war ripples across the Middle East - as does growing anger at the U.S. for supporting Israel.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from the occupied West Bank on how Israeli military and settlers hassle Palestinian farmers as they try to pick their olive harvest. The report takes a dramatic turn.
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Shopkeepers are struggling to keep their businesses alive inside Jerusalem following the Oct. 7 attacks.