Claire Donnelly is a producer at On Point.
Prior to joining On Point, Claire was a reporter for various public radio newsrooms, including WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina and KGOU in Norman, Oklahoma. She’s covered a broad range of subjects from the coronavirus pandemic to Texas horned lizards.
Claire holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School and studied Spanish and literature at the University of Virginia.
When not working, Claire is likely making a mess in the kitchen or hunched over a crossword puzzle.
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Seattle's new socialist mayor has big plans
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson had no prior political experience. She took over as the city faces an affordability crisis and a homelessness emergency. How's she doing roughly three months into...
The might and magic of human muscles
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Are we witnessing the death of expertise?
Analyst Tom Nichols says the Trump administration is fundamentally incompetent. And he says there’s been a systematic erosion of expert trust for years — which is dangerous for American democracy.
Why Trump wants to ‘take’ Cuba
As the war with Iran becomes more entrenched, President Donald Trump now says he thinks he’ll “have the honor of taking Cuba.” What does that mean and what’s at stake?
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Why Iran wants a long war
Iran’s strategy, according to experts, is to keep widening the war with the U.S. and Israel and make it last as long as possible. Why?
The one thing driving U.S. job growth
The U.S. added some 130,000 jobs in January. Almost all of those jobs were in just one sector: Health care. Why aren’t jobs growing anywhere else?
What really happened to Amelia Earhart?
Legendary aviator Amelia Earhart and her plane vanished in 1937. Today, explorers are still venturing into the unknown to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
Inside PragerU’s conservative push into American classrooms
PragerU is a conservative video giant. It’s produced more than 2,000 videos that it says promote American and Judeo-Christian values. Now its content is approved in 10 states’ school systems.
Brainwaves: What happens between life and death?
A tunnel. A bright light. Reuniting with deceased loved ones. Many people who have near-death experiences have remarkably similar stories. Why?