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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A minor fish kill was reported earlier this month at Pine Creek in Centre County, and while a cause was not found, environmentalists say it’s important to investigate these events. -
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly took a State College area man into custody Wednesday, local advocates say they’re worried about the impact ICE arrests are having on the community. -
A coalition of a dozen central Pennsylvania organizations is calling on state leaders to involve the public in deciding the future of Rockview prison lands, saying conservation, public access and sustainability should be priorities. -
Penn State faculty organizers say the university is going against its pledge to hold a neutral position on unionizing, but the university counters that it's merely providing information and encouraging faculty to vote. Voting is slated to start in April and run through May 6. -
Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi was the target of pointed questions during a state House appropriations hearing Wednesday, as the university moves forward with plans to close seven of its campuses. -
Plans are in the works for a number of Pennsylvania agencies to collaborate on recommendations for statewide planning for wildlife corridors, a development environmental organizations are applauding. -
Penn State is suing the State College Spikes in Centre County court, saying the baseball team did not renew its lease, while the Spikes says the suit has no merit. Penn State says it is still willing to work with the Spikes on an agreement. -
PennDOT and the Federal Highway Administration have issued a draft of the environmental impact statement for the proposed Route 322 project and scheduled a public hearing on the project to take place April 7. -
Penn State and WHYY are in the process of working out the details of transferring WPSU to WHYY under an agreement the university and the Philadelphia-based public media outlet reached that will allow WPSU to continue to operate and serve central and northern Pennsylvania. WHYY's CEO provided an update on the transfer. -
The Centre County government agencies that had worked together for years on plans to buy solar energy are ending the initiative.
