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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WPSU-TV and radio will become part of Philadelphia-based WHYY, under a plan Penn State trustees unanimously approved Monday, a month after the board's finance committee rejected a similar proposal but one that would have cost the university $17 million over five years. The approved plan does not include that subsidy from Penn State. -
The sale of WPSU will be the topic of a special Penn State board of trustees' finance committee meeting at 2 p.m. Monday. The public has until 8 a.m. Monday to submit comments. -
Are you daydreaming about camping under the stars in a Pennsylvania state park, but not so sure about setting up a tent and sleeping on the ground? Consider glamping. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is launching a glamping initiative in eight state parks. -
Penn State plans to shut down WPSU and its operations by June 30, 2026, but many in the community are urging the university to reconsider the closure while they look for a ‘Plan B’ for keeping public television and radio in central Pennsylvania. -
A record half million Pennsylvanians used the state’s health insurance marketplace — Pennie — to get their health insurance this year, but the tax breaks many of those enrollees got will expire at the end of December unless Congress and President Donald Trump take action. -
Much of Pennsylvania is in a dry spell, with rainfall at record lows in some places, according to meteorologists from Penn State’s Weather World who spoke about the lack of rain during WPSU's latest episode of Conversations Live. -
After Penn State trustees rejected a plan to sell WPSU to WHYY, that station's leader called the decision "a shame," and community members expressed frustration about the impending loss of a community asset that serves a large stretch of central and northern Pennsylvania. -
WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal to transfer ownership of WPSU to WHYY.
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Penn State's international enrollment is likely being affected by the Trump administration’s policies, which university leaders said could mean a drop in students from other countries. -
Penn State is considering transferring WPSU to Philadelphia public media outlet WHYY, and the university’s board of trustees is expected to review the proposal during its meetings Thursday and Friday, according to sources close to the board.
