Andrea Appleton
Andrea no longer works for On The Record.
Andrea Appleton is a producer for On The Record. She comes to WYPR with years of experience as a freelance journalist filing stories for newspapers, magazines, and public radio. She has reported on topics ranging from bull riding to bionic fish, with an emphasis on science. She is also former senior editor of the Baltimore City Paper, and a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism.
She and her husband live in Baltimore with their two young sons.
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Maryland’s woods, fields and urban spaces are full of food, if you know how to find it. Cattails, milkweed, wild ginger, mulberries. Did you know stinging… -
This Sunday is Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery. It’s observed across the country, but it marks the day in 1865… -
Zymurgy. Trub. Wort. All words related to the art of making beer. Just ask anyone at this week’s National Homebrewers Conference in Baltimore. More than a… -
Most people in jail in Maryland haven’t been convicted of a crime. They’re awaiting trial behind bars because they can’t afford to post bail. Critics have… -
Tens of thousands of people are currently waiting for lifesaving organ transplants from donors. And hundreds of thousands of people receive bone grafts… -
June is upon us and home gardeners are already reaping the rewards of their hard work. Some among us have been harvesting crops like asparagus, rhubarb,… -
Harriet Tubman will soon replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill. Two new national parks, a Maryland state park, an HBO biopic under development.… -
Killer robots. That’s what some are calling a class of weapons that do not yet exist, but could one day soon. Formally known as lethal autonomous weapons,… -
At the top of the hour - Officer Edward Nero found not guilty on all charges related to the arrest of Freddie Gray. WYPR reporter P. Kenneth Burns… -
The Conowingo Dam supplies enough clean energy every day to power 160,000 homes and businesses. But this dam and others have greatly altered the…
