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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For 30 years, Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has been working with researchers and institutions in Ukraine, known as "the breadbasket of Europe." WPSU's Anne Danahy talked with Suzanna Windon, a native of Ukraine and director of the Ukrainian Rural and Agricultural Development Program, and Deanna Behring, assistant dean for International Programs. -
Facing a new legislative map and competitive Republican primary, Pennsylvania Congressman Fred Keller announced Monday that he won't run for reelection. -
Pennsylvania's new Congressional map puts Republican congressmen Glenn "G.T." Thompson and Fred Keller in the same north central district, but Keller announced Wednesday that rather than running there, he will run in a neighboring district where he’ll likely face another Republican incumbent in the primary. -
If a teacher is sick or needs time off, the school just hires a substitute, right? But what do administrators do when there are almost no substitutes to call? WPSU reports on how one school district in northcentral Pennsylvania is keeping kids in class during the COVID pandemic. -
For schools, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant not only an increase in academic struggles for students, but more emotional and behavioral issues too. WPSU's Anne Danahy spoke with Jeanne Knouse, director of student services, and Seria Chatters, director of equity and inclusivity, in the State College Area School District, about how the district is responding. -
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In the children’s book “The Extraordinary Pause,” life during the COVID-19 pandemic comes to a standstill. -
As Pennsylvania continues to see record-setting numbers of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, schools in central Pennsylvania are seeing rising numbers of cases and Penn State is reporting an increased positivity rate too. The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting a record high of more than 7,000 hospitalizations statewide Tuesday. -
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Katriona Shea, a professor in the biological sciences at Penn State, is co-leader of the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub Coordination Team. It brings together researchers from institutions across the United States to offer projections on the pandemic and advise the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WPSU spoke with Shea about what we might expect from Omicron and the pandemic.
