Eric Aasen

Eric Aasen is executive editor at Connecticut Public, the statewide NPR and PBS service. He leads the newsroom, including editors, reporters, producers and newscasters, and oversees all local news, including radio, digital and television platforms. He's directed coverage of several breaking news events and edited and shaped a variety of award-winning broadcast and digital stories. In 2025, Connecticut Public earned two national Edward R. Murrow Awards and five regional awards, as well as a national Sigma Delta Chi award. In 2023, Connecticut Public earned a national Murrow Award for coverage that explored 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. Eric joined Connecticut Public in 2022 from KERA, the NPR/PBS member station in Dallas-Fort Worth, where he served as managing editor and digital news editor. Eric also spent a decade as a reporter at The Dallas Morning News. A Minnesota native, Eric has wanted to be a journalist since he was in the third grade. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from DePauw University in Indiana, where he earned a political science degree.