Karen Kasler
Ohio Public Radio and TV Statehouse Bureau ChiefKaren is a lifelong Ohioan who has served as news director at WCBE-FM, assignment editor/overnight anchor at WBNS-TV, and afternoon drive anchor/assignment editor in WTAM-AM in Cleveland. In addition to her daily reporting for Ohio’s public radio stations, she’s reported for NPR, the BBC, ABC Radio News and other news outlets. She hosts and produces the Statehouse News Bureau’s weekly TV show “The State of Ohio”, which airs on PBS stations statewide. She’s also a frequent guest on WOSU TV’s “Columbus on the Record”, a regular panelist on “The Sound of Ideas” on ideastream in Cleveland, appeared on the inaugural edition of “Face the State” on WBNS-TV and occasionally reports for “PBS Newshour”. She’s often called to moderate debates, including the Columbus Metropolitan Club’s Issue 3/legal marijuana debate and its pre-primary mayoral debate, and the City Club of Cleveland’s US Senate debate in 2012.
Karen is a graduate of Otterbein College, and earned her Master’s as a Fellow in the Kiplinger Program for Mid-Career Journalists at The Ohio State University. Karen has been honored by the Associated Press, the Association of Capitol Editors and Reporters, the Cleveland Press Club/Society of Professional Journalists, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Ohio Valley Emmys, and holds a National Headliner Award.
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The state’s chief elections officer is criticizing President Trump and other key figures for sharing rumors and false information related to voting,… -
With just hours to go before families could submit applications for the state’s EdChoice private school voucher program on February 1, lawmakers approved… -
Nearly all of Ohio's 88 counties are now considered compliant with an election security order issued by the Secretary of State last summer. That leaves a… -
The House has voted on a plan to move the start of the EdChoice application process ahead to April 1, just hours before the private school voucher program… -
Talks on a deal to stop a huge increase in the number of Ohio public school buildings where students would qualify for private school vouchers are… -
The Senate has approved a deal that take more than 800 public school buildings off the list of more than 1,200 where students will be eligible for private… -
The Senate has approved a deal that takes more than 800 public school buildings off the list of more than 1200 where students will be eligible for private… -
Republican leaders in the Senate and House are working on a deal that would stop a dramatic increase in the number of public school buildings where… -
The deadline has passed for communities throughout the state to submit their requests for Ohio’s capital budget, which is expected sometime near the end… -
Ohioans are one step closer to voting on a proposed constitutional amendment that would raise the state’s minimum wage. Attorney General Dave Yost…
