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's football venue will become the West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium in a $50 million, 15-year deal starting with the 2025 season. But several trustees called for more time to consider renaming options and for recognition of former football coach Joe Paterno. -
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 included nearly $20 billion dollars in funding for agricultural conservation programs over time, but the Trump Administration is withholding some of that funding, saying it’s under review. -
Tax credits for homeowners looking to install solar panels have been around for years, but under legislation passed in 2022, churches and other nonprofits could get payments too. While the outlook for renewable energy policy in the United States is unclear under President Donald Trump, experts say solar is still strong. -
Vaccine refrigeration — which can be expensive and logistically challenging, but still needed — could become unnecessary, thanks to research from a Penn State team. -
President Trump has been engaging in a trade war with China, threatening other countries and enacting new tariffs. WPSU’s Anne Danahy spoke with Terrence Guay, a professor of international business at Penn State and an expert in tariffs, on what the tariffs could mean for U.S. companies and consumers. -
A federal judge has temporarily stopped a new Trump administration policy to put a cap on indirect overhead costs that come with research, a policy that if enacted would have impacted faculty at institutions including Penn State. -
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is recommending closing the State Correctional Institution at Rockview in Centre County and Quehanna Boot Camp in Clearfield County, and moving impacted employees to other state prisons, following a review of the department's facilities. -
Some Head Start preschools in Pennsylvania and across the country are finding themselves in financial limbo — still unable to access their federal funding in a delay that providers say could put child care at risk. -
Pennsylvania saw strong voter turnout in the 2024 General Election, including in many central Pennsylvania counties. -
The Trump Administration’s federal funding freeze announcement — later put on hold by a judge — left many agencies and organizations scrambling for information Tuesday, including those who work in child care in Pennsylvania.
