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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Resource officers in the Altoona Area School District may soon be allowed to carry AR-15 semi-automatic patrol rifles in schools. -
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The costs of natural gas, fuel oil and electricity are all up, and that means heating your house will be more expensive this winter. Columbia Gas is increasing usage costs by 128% this year, the biggest increase of any of Pennsylvania's natural gas utilities. -
Thanksgiving doubles as National Family Health History Day, an effort by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to share important health information that can affect the whole family.
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WPSU's Health Minute looks at the issue of GERD, or heartburn, and what can be done to stop it.
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Penn State president Neeli Bendapudi said she apologized if the university’s recent decisions made it appear to be uncommitted to racial justice, before announcing new diversity goals. -
WPSU's Health Minute gives you ideas for how to stay mentally and physically active this winter.
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Pennsylvania counties that accepted state election funds have to do non-stop vote counting, Centre County elections board vice-chair Michael Pipe explains to WPSU. -
WPSU's Health Minute on why routine health visits are important to your health.
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WPSU's Health Minute looks at cardiac arrest and CPR on World Restart a Heart Day.
