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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This year's speech did not include any major policy announcements. -
“I’m paying them to kill me and it isn’t fair.” -
“Baltimore has always been a working people’s town and it is going to remain that way." -
For bill sponsor James Torrence, the bill is incredibly personal. -
This year’s celebration was mixed with joy and grief as the Israel-Hamas war continues. -
In the coming weeks, Baltimore City police will announce plans to enhance traffic patrol and increase traffic stops for violations, a department spokesperson confirmed. -
“I cannot stress enough the importance of stable housing… it shapes one’s future on this planet.” -
Investigators still do not know who fired the fatal shots that night. None of the defendants are charged with murder outright. -
Lawyers plan to argue against the joinder. -
Voters will decide via charter amendment if residential housing should become part of the Harbor redesign.
