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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Centre County residents got to see detailed maps of the State College Area Connector Project alternatives during an open house Thursday, one step in the process for PennDOT narrowing down the options for overhauling U.S. Route 322 in Potter and Harris townships. -
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small touted the steps the Biden Administration is taking to address farmers’ challenges Wednesday during a visit to Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, an annual event that draws farmers, along with politicians and government officials. -
A new crisis intervention position is being created in Lock Haven to work with the police and respond to situations, including mental health crises or when social services are needed. -
A new mentorship program in Centre County, Centre LGBT+ Bigs & Littles, aims to provide support and sense of belonging for LGBT+ young people. -
PennDOT will hold a public meeting Aug. 15 about plans for the U.S. Route 322 State College Area Connector project, giving the public a chance to see street-level details about the options being considered for the first time. -
Two Centre County school districts have major building projects in the works — and plans to pay for them without significant tax increases or voter referendums. -
Pennsylvania Democrats, including those in the center of the state, are backing Kamala Harris to be their party’s presidential nominee, saying they're excited about the vice president leading their party. -
Penn State leaders say they’re paying close attention to the creation and work of a new Pennsylvania council that will make recommendations for performance-based funding for Penn State, Pitt and Temple. -
The global technology outage that’s leading to flight cancellations and pushing hospitals and businesses offline Friday impacted some services in central Pennsylvania. That included Mount Nittany Health, but the health care provider said its systems were back online late Friday afternoon. -
Jim Sweetland, a retired doctor from DuBois, was in the stands at the Trump rally Saturday in Butler when, what first sounded like firecrackers to him, started. Sweetland then realized it was gunfire.
