Kathleen Horan
Kathleen Horan has worked at WNYC Radio since 2001 and been a reporter in the newsroom since 2006.
She won a first place award from the Associated Press for her feature story on the lives of food delivery workers in 2005 and a National Headliner Award (3rd place) for a 2009 feature story on a Brooklyn Marine killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
In addition to her general assignment reporting, Horan also covers taxis, labor issues, obituaries, Coney Island, the elderly, and recently launched the recurring newsroom feature "2 Minutes With".
Her reporting has also aired nationally and internationally on NPR, PRI, and the BBC. Her book Relationship Obits: The Final Resting Place for Love Gone Wrong, was released in 2009.
Kathleen Horan appears in the following:
Yellow Cabs Receive Poetic Infusion
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Starting Thursday, yellow taxi passengers will find something new in the back of their cabs. It's not a stranger's cell phone. It's a poem.
East Village’s Lakeside Lounge to Shutter After 16 Years
Monday, April 23, 2012
An East Village bar known for its live music, vintage jukebox and $3 dollar beers is closing for good next week. The Lakeside Lounge on Avenue B, will be added to the growing list of the neighborhood's recently shuttered nightspots, such as the Mars Bar and Banjo Jim's.
Food Coops: The Not-So-Happy Marriage of Organic Produce and Politics
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
In Brooklyn, the Park Slope Coop voted 1005 to 653 not to move forward on a controversial proposal to ban products from Israel Tuesday night.
Patti Smith Cancels Concert After Chelsea Hotel Residents Protest
Friday, January 13, 2012
Patti Smith canceled a private concert for residents of the Chelsea Hotel — her old haunt — after some tenants who face eviction from the storied building protested the show. SEE A SLIDESHOW INSIDE THE FAMED HOTEL.
Stories Of Brooklyn's Past, Rediscovered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is opening to the public this week for the first time in 200 years. It’s unveiling a new museum that documents the city's shipbuilding history.
Controversial Islamic Cultural Center Opens
Thursday, September 22, 2011
There was no sign of protest at the Park51 community center last night. It opened its doors to the public in lower Manhattan Wednesday, without the opposition that had surrounded the project for a year.
