Emily Hofstaedter
General Assignment ReporterEmily is a general assignment news reporter for WYPR.
Emily began her journalism radio career nestled out on the tundra and on the shores of the sea ice in Nome, Alaska. Out there she covered everything from dog sled racing (mushing), climate change and Indigenous sovereignty. The work she did with her news team covering mishandled sexual assaults has won awards from the Alaska Press Club and led to an update in the Alaska consent statute.
In Alaska she met her now husband, and the two of them ended up in America’s Greatest City! She then spent a year working as a Ben Bagdikian Fellow for Mother Jones magazine doing research and fact-checking while she reported on issues ranging from labor politics, environmental justice and religion.
Emily originally hails from just up the Susquehanna River in Lancaster, PA and so the Chesapeake watershed has always been her home. When she isn’t reporting you might catch her performing with a local theatre troupe, writing poetry or hiking Maryland’s glorious range of trails.
Send her news tips at [email protected] or on Twitter @ehofstaedter!
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It is the Delmarva region’s third case of confirmed avian influenza in the last 30 days. -
The city has not had two consecutive years of declining homicide since 2010 and 2011. -
“They're not going to spend that here in Maryland" -
The mayor and city council have varying ideas on how to bring in revenue and relieve pressure on residents. -
Sewer rates would go up 15% and water by 3% in February under a plan before the board. -
Corren Johnson oversaw the Department of Transportation for 16 months before her abrupt departure Thursday. -
SOWEBO Arts and Musical Festival organizers say they were never consulted by the city about the Artscape scheduling change. -
“We’ve heard you loud and clear about how hot and stormy and rainy it is at Artscape.” -
He promised a city council dedicated to public safety, justice, and improved city services. -
“In many ways, I think today we mark the closure of that chapter of uncertainty that has plagued our city — and close it for good,” said Mayor Brandon Scott.
