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.
Contact her at adanahy@psu.edu.
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Penn State is getting a small bump in funding from the state under the budget Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Sunday that includes a small pool of "performance-based" funding. -
State College borough employees cannot assist immigration enforcement agencies, unless required by law or a court order to do so, under an ordinance council approved Monday night that drew praise from a local immigrant support group. -
Plans for data centers are cropping up across Pennsylvania, including in Gregg Township in Union County. While companies say they’ll bring revenue and jobs, many residents are unconvinced and are pushing back. -
While Penn State and WHYY work out the details of transferring WPSU to WHYY, WPSU's operations and programming will continue. -
As faculty at some public universities find themselves under increasing scrutiny, Penn State’s president said during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday that Penn State has no such plans. -
PennDOT plans to reopen the Penn State/Innovation Park exit off of U.S. Route 322 west on June 30. On I-99 south, Exit 61 to Port Matilda and the travel lane will remain closed. -
Mount Nittany Medical Center is suing the federal government for canceling its status as a “sole community hospital,” saying the decision is "baseless" and will cost the hospital millions of dollars. -
In 1993, paleontologists found fossil remains of a creature at Red Hill near Hyner in Clinton County. Now, a group from a nearby high school hopes Pennsylvania recognizes the finding as the state fossil. -
Two U.S. Representatives from the Pittsburgh area toured the ICE detention center in Clearfield County Thursday in an unannounced visit they later told reporters was just one part of their broader efforts to push back against the Trump administration’s deportation policies. -
Penn State faculty recently voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing. Paul Clark, a professor of labor and employment relations at Penn State, has worked with unions in Pennsylvania and around the country for more than 40 years. WPSU spoke with Clark about the significance of the union vote at Penn State and how it fits in with what’s happening nationally.
