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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“Vacancy represents one of Baltimore’s greatest challenges, but it also represents Baltimore’s greatest opportunity.” -
“We've worked to accommodate the developer over the years, and the community can't wait any longer,” said Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy. -
“This bill repeals that exemption from the city charter, giving the council the power to implement much needed reforms within the BPD,” wrote Senator Jill Carter, a Democrat from Baltimore City, at the bill’s introduction. -
But, council members expressed concerns about incomplete data and wanted more breakdown as to whom and where citations were issued. -
Newcomers may be taking over the council in key districts. -
City officials designed the plan based on feedback from over 300 local teenagers. -
Nearly half of Cherry Hill residents lack access to a household vehicle. -
Bacteria concerns still linger for some scientists. -
Officials are counting around 1,000 ballots on Monday but more than 9,000 may need to be counted by the end of the week. -
The law is named after and is a reaction to the murder of tech CEO Pava LaPere.
