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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Cancer treatments like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation can be harrowing, and the cancer often returns. But a new treatment has come into use: it… -
Today we continue our coverage of the $130 million dollar budget gap facing Baltimore City Schools. How does state funding for the schools work? Are the… -
Unless something changes, this coming fiscal year Baltimore City’s public schools will operate with their funds cut to close a $130 million budget gap,… -
Spring seems to have arrived, after a winter that nearly wasn’t. The odd weather this season has a lot of us thinking about climate change. Today we focus… -
In this story from 2014, former Baltimore Sun reporter and sports columnist Joe Challmes shares a story of high anxiety at the racetrack. He died two… -
Math anxiety. It’s common enough to merit a robust Wikipedia entry and countless journal articles. Culturally, it’s so much more acceptable to admit… -
President Trump is intent on eliminating what he calls “job-killing regulation.” One of the president’s primary targets is the law known as Dodd-Frank, or… -
This week we hear a story from Mimi Dietrich about a chance meeting between a group of quilters and a rock band. You can listen to more stories, and learn…
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Maryland’s oyster sanctuaries could shrink by eleven percent if a draft plan from state natural resource officials goes into effect. The Bay’s oyster… -
The president’s executive orders on immigration have expanded the rules for considering an undocumented immigrant a priority for deportation. What effect…
