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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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. -
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. -
A record half million Pennsylvanians used the state’s health insurance marketplace — Pennie — to get their health insurance for this year. Many of them got tax credits — cutting the cost for them significantly. But those federal tax credits are set to expire at the end of this year. WPSU spoke with Pennsylvania’s Insurance Commissioner about the end of tax credits, rising rates and what it means for consumers. -
The Trump administration wants to roll back the 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects wild areas in national forests including in Pennsylvania, saying it will get rid of unneeded regulations, but critics say the change will undo the environmental gains that have been made. -
A Centre County organization is starting a new program aimed at middle and high school students who are missing too much school with a goal of reaching young people before they end up in the court system. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released some information about the two dozen people who were arrested on Aug. 19 near Bellefonte, but has provided few details on most of those who were taken into custody. -
Opponents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rallied against the agency Friday in the State College area, in the same week that ICE reportedly arrested immigrants on their way to work in the area. -
Pennsylvania is seven weeks into the fiscal year, and lawmakers have failed to pass a state budget. That means schools, service providers and agencies across the state are in financial limbo, including the Centre Area Transportation Authority or CATA.
