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.
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“His success leading our city is success for us all, so I sincerely wish him all the best in his second term,” said Dixon in a statement on Friday. -
Meanwhile, the lead between Mayor Brandon Scott and Sheila Dixon has widened. The Associated Press declared victory for Scott on Tuesday. -
Scott celebrated his victory in a packed room in South Baltimore, with his fiancee and newborn baby by his side on stage — as supporters chanted “four more years.” -
BPD says the strategy is reducing vehicle-related fatalities. -
In the spirit of dialogue, the forum was not a debate but rather a chance for each candidate to separately take the stage and share their plans to reduce vacancy. -
The Governor doubled-down on his decision to only endorse in statewide races. -
Dixon’s main message is that she is going to get the city back on track, like how she says it was under her administration in the 2000s. -
“The old way was broken” says Scott on crime and city services. -
The race is a competition between Dixon and incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott. -
The leading candidates for mayor in Baltimore city take the stage at the University of Baltimore to debate the issues ahead of the May 14 primary.
