Anne Danahy
ReporterAnne Danahy has been a reporter at WPSU since fall 2017. Before crossing over to radio, she was a reporter for more than 11 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she covered everything from school board races to the impact of natural gas development on communities.
She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and a master's degree in media studies from Penn State.
Before joining WPSU, she worked as a writer and editor at Penn State's Office of Strategic Communications and, before that, at the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
She also hosts a Q&A program for C-NET, Centre County's government and education access station. She is married with cats.
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Penn State plans to shut down WPSU and its operations by June 30, 2026, but many in the community are urging the university to reconsider the closure while they look for a ‘Plan B’ for keeping public television and radio in central Pennsylvania. -
A record half million Pennsylvanians used the state’s health insurance marketplace — Pennie — to get their health insurance this year, but the tax breaks many of those enrollees got will expire at the end of December unless Congress and President Donald Trump take action. -
Much of Pennsylvania is in a dry spell, with rainfall at record lows in some places, according to meteorologists from Penn State’s Weather World who spoke about the lack of rain during WPSU's latest episode of Conversations Live. -
After Penn State trustees rejected a plan to sell WPSU to WHYY, that station's leader called the decision "a shame," and community members expressed frustration about the impending loss of a community asset that serves a large stretch of central and northern Pennsylvania. -
WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal to transfer ownership of WPSU to WHYY.
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Penn State's international enrollment is likely being affected by the Trump administration’s policies, which university leaders said could mean a drop in students from other countries. -
Penn State is considering transferring WPSU to Philadelphia public media outlet WHYY, and the university’s board of trustees is expected to review the proposal during its meetings Thursday and Friday, according to sources close to the board. -
A record half million Pennsylvanians used the state’s health insurance marketplace — Pennie — to get their health insurance for this year. Many of them got tax credits — cutting the cost for them significantly. But those federal tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year. WPSU spoke with Pennsylvania’s Insurance Commissioner about the end of tax credits, rising rates and what it means for consumers. -
The Trump administration wants to roll back the 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects wild areas in national forests including in Pennsylvania, saying it will get rid of unneeded regulations, but critics say the change will undo the environmental gains that have been made. -
A Centre County organization is starting a new program aimed at middle and high school students who are missing too much school with a goal of reaching young people before they end up in the court system.
