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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The city was under a “Code Red” heat alert on Friday. Witnesses say Silver expressed feeling hot before he passed out. -
Despite growth, there’s a still long way to go to meet overall goals. -
Displeased residents still have their opportunity to stop the project by voting on another amendment. -
“It's about the way essential employees are treated.” -
The FHA determined the project will not significantly impact the surrounding community, natural, or cultural resources. -
“At the heart of this program, what we're really trying to do is get funds back into communities that were impacted by these environmental incidents." -
If it’s related to Mr. Peanut, they either have it or they want it. -
On Friday, attorneys for the group Renew Baltimore filed a complaint with the Baltimore City Circuit Court. -
Tristan Jackson will be the only defendant in the mass shooting so far to go to trial. -
New study finds that Chesapeake Bay oyster sanctuaries are thriving with wildlife, including native parasites.
