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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PennDOT is no longer considering a new road connecting U.S. Route 322 and State Route 45 in southern Centre County, as it continues the process of narrowing down the options for overhauling a section of U.S. Route 322.
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A new map from State College-based Purple Lizard Maps features the hundreds of state parks, forests, rail trails and whitewater destinations across Pennsylvania, with a goal of helping people discover the great outdoors.
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In general, the boards of county commissioners in Pennsylvania are bipartisan — they have at least one Republican and one Democrat. But in Potter County, a successful write-in campaign this year means Republicans will hold all three seats.
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The State College School District recently lost a legal battle with the state over a before- and after-school program it runs for elementary students, and while the district plans to continue the popular program, it will have to make some changes.
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U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, but says he feels well and plans to keep working.
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Penn State is forming a faculty safety committee to look at ways to address faculty safety both inside the classroom and out, following incidents of faculty receiving threatening messages earlier in the year.
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In Pennsylvania, medical students can perform exams on unconscious patients without their permission, but that’s changing under legislation passed in the General Assembly and signed by the governor.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill Thursday giving flat funding to Penn State and two of the three other state-related universities.
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As school districts in Pennsylvania continue to face teacher shortages, Sherri Smith, the executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators said she’s optimistic about addressing the problem, but that it will take time.
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Got milk? How about milk cartons? A major shortage of cartons is hitting the dairy industry, including in Pennsylvania, which means fewer cartons of milk for schools and their students.