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About Lisa @LisaDNews

Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work.

She specializes in breaking down complex stories and political disagreements into the key pieces that matter, often translating numbers and fiscal information into accessible stories for the audience.

Prior to joining News Hour, Desjardins spent nearly ten years with CNN as a senior correspondent and Capitol Hill reporter. Prior to CNN, she reported for the Associated Press, WBTW-TV, WIS-TV, WTS-TV, Reuters, and The Sun News. At WIS in Columbia, South Carolina, she broke news of the compromise to bring down the Confederate flag from the state house dome.

Desjardins earned a bachelor’s degree at the College of William and Mary and a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She also received a first level graduate degree in Russian Studies from the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.

Desjardins’ reporting during and after the January 6th Capitol insurrection was the recipient of a Peabody Award, the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Joan S. Barone Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress. She is also the recipient of a Peabody Award for CNN’s coverage of the 2008 election and a Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for national breaking news for coverage of the Haiti earthquake.

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Lisa’s Recent Stories

Politics Jul 21

Photos: Trump protesters and supporters mix in Cleveland

Outside the Republican National Convention, in downtown Cleveland's Public Square, it was a swirl of humanity as protesters and supporters alike made their case about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Nation Jul 08

The history of U.S. police deaths in the line of duty

But what do we know about when and how police officers are attacked and killed? Here are some questions and answers.

Nation Jul 05

The 10 biggest things we learned from the FBI’s Clinton email investigation

Dig into FBI director James Comey's 2,300-word statement about Hillary Clinton’s use of private email servers.

Politics Jul 05

Your complete guide to the coming anti-Trump rebellion at the RNC

While the “Stop Trump” movement has unleashed a barrage of cross-country phone calls and emails to seek support for their proposals, a group of longtime Republican rulemakers, some working with the Trump campaign, have quickly coalesced to try and block…

Politics Jun 23

Minute by minute: How the Democrats shut down the House for gun control

It all started with a small group of House Democrats from New England. Fed up with federal inaction on gun violence after the Orlando massacre, Reps. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, David Cicilline of Rhode Island and John Larson of Connecticut…

Politics Jun 21

Polls show voters want increased gun restrictions, so why the political disconnect?

For more than two years, polling has shown a consistent trend: American voters overwhelmingly want increased, moderate, gun restrictions like expanded background checks. Yet Congress has gone the opposite direction.

Nation Jun 12

Here’s what we know about America’s worst mass shootings in modern history

Here is a look at the worst mass shootings in America, where they happened, who was responsible and links to more comprehensive coverage of each.

Politics Jun 10

Trump to evangelical leaders: I’ll try to be less abrasive, but I am who I am

It was one of those brief exchanges that perfectly summed up the current mood in the campaign. Following Donald Trump’s speech to evangelical Republicans at the Road to the Majority Conference in Washington Friday, a handful of leading pastors and…

Politics Jun 08

The Trump-Clinton matchup begins

The 2016 primary season spanned 14 long months and more than 5,000 miles, with rallies from Puerto Rico to California. But last night the two presumptive nominees stood just 40 miles apart: Trump at his golf course in suburban Westchester…

Politics May 31

Which veteran groups got Donald Trump’s dollars?

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listed Tuesday the more than 40 veteran groups that he raised money for or contributed his own money, after mounting questions from the media.

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