Anne Danahy
ReporterAnne Danahy is a reporter at WPSU. She was a reporter for nearly 12 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she earned a number of awards for her coverage of issues including 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 Strategic Communications at Penn State and with the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute before that.
She hosts a Q&A program for Centre County's government and education access station and teaches a news writing and reporting class at Penn State.
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board voted Wednesday to approve issuing a license for a company to operate a casino in the Nittany Mall in Centre County, but the project could still face delays because of legal challenges from another company. -
State College Area School District President Amber Concepcion will become a Centre County commissioner, filling an opening created by Chairman Michael Pipe's appointment as deputy chief of staff for public safety by incoming Governor Josh Shapiro.
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board voted Wednesday to deny the petition for legal discovery from Stadium Casino RE LLC, which was seeking access to financial ownership information about SC Gaming Op Co LLC, the company that wants to open a casino in the Nittany Mall, in Centre County.
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The State College Redevelopment Authority has applied for state funding to study the Fairmount Building, 411 S. Fraser St., including options and costs for renovating it.
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The historic Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State’s University Park campus was opened for a furniture sale this week to get ready for a change in ownership. Shoppers who turned out got a chance to buy everything from mattresses to medicine balls.
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In a change Penn State leaders say will better reflect current student and program needs, the university is moving to a new method for determining how much money its colleges and units get each year.
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Penn State is looking into creating a code of conduct for visitors after an October appearance by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes led to demonstrations, counter-demonstrations and the event getting canceled.
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PennDOT plans to set up traffic counting equipment on U.S. Route 322 and state Route 45 near Boalsburg this week.
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Spotlight PA, an investigative news agency that provides content to other news outlets, including WPSU, opened a regional bureau in State College this summer. WPSU’s Anne Danahy spoke with the bureau's Penn State reporter, Wyatt Massey, about what he’s learned so far.
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WPSU spoke with Carol Kuniholm, chair of Fair Districts PA, before the 2022 election. She says the recent redistricting process led to more representative districts, but there's "still work to be done."
