Emily Reddy
News DirectorEmily Reddy is the news director at WPSU-FM, the NPR-affiliate public radio station for central and northern Pennsylvania.
In addition to leading the news staff, Reddy creates news stories and sometimes fills in as an on-air host.
Reddy’s work has been recognized with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award and multiple awards from the Public Media Journalists Association and the Pennsylvania Associated Press Media Editors.
She has taught a news writing and reporting class at Penn State.
Reddy originally got hooked on radio as a volunteer reporter and news anchor for WMNF, a community radio station in her hometown of Tampa, Florida. She then went to grad school to pursue this passion professionally.
While at Boston University, Reddy produced segments for the daily news magazine show Here & Now. She also served as a reporter in Washington D.C. for WAMU and as capitol correspondent for WNPR.
She earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.
She lives in Lemont in a 150-year-old former one-room schoolhouse with her husband Jonathan and her daughter Zoë.
Contact her at ereddy@psu.edu.
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Penn State says health insurance will cost more next year, as health care costs rise nationwide. Faculty and staff will see their monthly insurance cost go up anywhere from $4.25 to $165 per month. -
The McClatchy newspaper chain laid off journalists at papers across the country Thursday, including three at The Centre Daily Times based in State College. -
WPSU’s Emily Reddy talked with Rev. Robert Way about the events of 9/11 in Shanksville and about people's reactions to the Flight 93 National Memorial. -
The Federal Communications Commission has granted Penn State’s request to transfer ownership of WPSU’s broadcast licenses to WHYY. -
Artist Sally Veach is using her paintings to raise awareness and money to help clean up the Red Moshannon creek. -
Penn State trustees approved the 2027-28 budget with tuition increases for many students and a $210,000 retention bonus for president Neeli Bendapudi at Friday’s meeting. -
"The Whiskey Rebellion" producer, director and writer Kristian Berg talks about the half-hour WPSU historical documentary. -
The investigative podcast, “Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison,” looks at “the growing crisis of aging and dying in America’s prisons.” WPSU talked with host Cherri Gregg about the podcast. -
Public comment is now open for a change the Department of Education is proposing to its list of “professional degrees.” Kathleen Burke, editor-in-chief of the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, talked with WPSU about why she opposes recategorizing nursing. -
NPR host and former White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe talked with WPSU about what to expect at the event, her hosting work and her recent book.
