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Karen Frillmann

Karen Frillmann, WNYC’s Managing Editor for News works on the many and varied stories that emerge from the microphones and recorders of the reporting staff. She got her start in broadcast journalism at WNYC when it was still New York City’s Municipal Broadcasting System. As a producer she launched “Senior Edition” which helped establish WNYC as a destination for talk and public affairs.

Leaving WNYC, she worked for five years as a freelance reporter and producer contributing to National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

As a senior producer at Simon and Schuster Audio, Karen worked with Alice Walker, Bob Woodward, Hunter S. Thompson  Stephen Ambrose and many other notable authors. 

She returned to public radio as an editor and co-producer for a series of documentaries which included an exploration of the changing NY Waterfront, the 1968 New York City teacher’s school strike and the changes in the city 6 months after the attacks of September 11th.  She took on the senior editorial position in the newsroom in 2003. 

Awards for her reporting and editing achievements include recognition by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Armstrong Award, the Dupont-Columbia University Awards,  the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, The Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Award, The Associated Press Broadcasters Association, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences from whom she received a Grammy nomination. for her production of  “War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars.”     

Growing up in southeast Queens and having lived in various neighborhoods around the city, Karen is very happy to continue to document and report on her hometown. On summer weekends she can be found swimming upriver in the Hudson where she has helped to establish a free floating river pool in Beacon, NY.    

Karen Frillmann appears in the following:

Why You Shouldn’t Miss 'Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art'

Saturday, May 05, 2012

If you haven’t been to see the Diego Rivera exhibit, “Murals for the Museum of Modern Art” yet, you have a few days before it closes on May 14. Plus, see a slideshow of works in the exhibition.

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EDITOR'S NOTE | Women, Once Boxed In, Now Going For the Gold

Sunday, January 29, 2012

WNYC

It is hard to believe that in 2012 we’re still seeing firsts when it comes to women athletes. Yet, this summer in London a strong and glorious group of international women boxers will enter the ring and compete for Olympic medals for the first time.

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2011 Top Stories: New York Area

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Errol Louis, host of "Inside City Hall" on NY1 and co-editor of Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columnsand Karen Frillmann, WNYC News managing editor, talk about the top local stories of 2011. 

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Occupy Wall Street: Next Steps

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

This morning, a court issued a temporary restraining order directing that occupiers be allowed back to Zuccotti Park with their belongings. We update the latest legal proceedings around the Occupy Wall Street removal this morning with Gideon Oliver, executive committee member of the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild who will be appearing in court this hour on the protesters' behalf. Plus, WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal who's with protesters, managing editor of WNYC News, Karen Frillmann, who was on the scene last night, and Dana Balicki, with the Occupy Wall Street press team, discuss the continuing protests. 

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Occupy Wall Street Update

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Amid conflicting reports about the legality of the eviction, the use of pepper spray or unnecessary force by police, or when Zuccotti Park will reopen, Karen Frillman, reporter for WNYC, spoke with Occupy Wall Street protestors who were debating next steps.

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The Sun Continues to Rise (for a Few More Weeks) at the New York Theatre Workshop

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

The Elevator Repair Service production “The Select (The Sun Also Rises)” has been extended through Oct. 23. One of the highlights is the trick of breathing life into the bullfight scene that Ernest Hemingway described in his 1925 novel.

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Lawyer for Strauss-Kahn Accuser Hopes Gambles Will Pay Off

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Prosecutors are expected to announce next Tuesday whether they will proceed with their allegations that former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper at the Sofitel Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in May. The case has been on shaky ground, but there’s one person who's been fighting to keep the prosecution alive: Ken Thompson, her lawyer.

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Jailed Bronx Teens Find a Muse in Music

Monday, June 20, 2011

Incarcerated teens were recently given a chance to write and record their own songs with the help of professional musicians, composers and producers from Carnegie Hall.

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Bloomberg By the Numbers: $80 Million School Data System Still Evolving

Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Bloomberg administration launched a new computer system for the city schools three years ago, but the $80 million system hasn't yet achieved its full potential — even at schools that use it heavily.

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Revamping Juvenile Justice Is Long, Difficult Road

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

When New York kids get convicted of a crime, they are either sent upstate to the juvenile equivalent of a prison, or allowed to stay at home enrolled in mandatory programs that aim to turn them into law-abiding citizens. On Tuesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he wants to overhaul the upstate juvenile facilities.

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Drug Rehab for Housing: Alleged Scheme Targets City’s Most Vulnerable

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

WNYC

The problems of three-quarter houses are not new or unknown. New York's City Council voted in April to end referrals to them from homeless shelters. Now, several tenants have joined together as plaintiffs in a lawsuit, challenging one three-quarter house owner who they allege is performing illegal lock outs once tenants have completed drug rehab programs.

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Catch This Before It Closes: The Scottsboro Boys

Thursday, December 09, 2010

A trip to the Lyceum Theater on W. 45th Street before December 12th will give you a brush with history.

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Growing Up in Queens

Monday, July 19, 2010

The Queens of my childhood was different from the Queens of my youth and I saw it morph again long after I moved across the river into "the city." Among the the most important lessons I learned was that change is the only constant in New York City.

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2010 State Democratic Convention: Concern Mixed with Confidence

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

While the lengthy roll call for the attorney general nomination was underway inside the convention hall, WNYC caught up with Arthur Schwartz, a state committee member from Lower Manhattan. Calling himself a progressive Democrat, Schwartz said that he ...

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WNYC Staff Members on Leonard's 25th Anniversary at WNYC

Friday, March 05, 2010

Brian Lehrer, Bob Hennelly, and Karen Frillman congratulate Leonard on his 25 years at the station. Find out more about Leonard's 25th anniversary here.

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Main Street NYC

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

In their Main Streets Project, the WNYC Newsroom is following six blocks over an entire year to track how the economic downturn is being felt at street level. Main Streets editor Karen Frillman is joined by reporters Jenna Flanagan, Lisa Chow, Richard Yeh, Brigid Bergin, and Ailsa Chang to discuss ...

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One Family Copes With Losing a Father on 9/11

Friday, September 11, 2009

Trying to not stand out is the quest of many teenagers. For those kids who lost loved ones on September 11th, fitting in and getting back to life-as-usual is an ongoing process. WNYC’s Karen Frillmann visited with a mother in Dutchess County, one of the few there who lost family ...

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Today in History: Peekskill Riots

Friday, September 04, 2009

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

“It was a huge crowd. I think 10,000 people. A small group of people at the gate were shouting at us 'kikes, nigger lovers, go back to Russia.' There was a policeman there with a ...

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Highlights of the Lincoln Center Festival

Saturday, July 25, 2009

The Lincoln Center Festival is winding down, but there are still a few ambitious international productions running through this weekend. WNYC’s Karen Frillmann has been following the festival and has this report.

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Richard III, an Arab Tragedy

Thursday, June 11, 2009

A new Arabic language production of Shakespeare’s Richard the Third has arrived at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. And as far as WNYC’s Karen Frillmann is concerned, it’s not a minute too soon. She spoke with the director backstage at BAM.

REPORTER: The corrupting influence of power – it’s hard to ...

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