Emily Hofstaedter
General Assignment ReporterEmily is a general assignment news reporter for WYPR.
Emily began her journalism radio career nestled out on the tundra and on the shores of the sea ice in Nome, Alaska. Out there she covered everything from dog sled racing (mushing), climate change and Indigenous sovereignty. The work she did with her news team covering mishandled sexual assaults has won awards from the Alaska Press Club and led to an update in the Alaska consent statute.
In Alaska she met her now husband, and the two of them ended up in America’s Greatest City! She then spent a year working as a Ben Bagdikian Fellow for Mother Jones magazine doing research and fact-checking while she reported on issues ranging from labor politics, environmental justice and religion.
Emily originally hails from just up the Susquehanna River in Lancaster, PA and so the Chesapeake watershed has always been her home. When she isn’t reporting you might catch her performing with a local theatre troupe, writing poetry or hiking Maryland’s glorious range of trails.
Send her news tips at [email protected] or on Twitter @ehofstaedter!
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As of 2022, Maryland had over one million foreign-born residents: 26.7% of the state’s total population. -
The Wetland Restoration Project will pump $67 million of combined local,state and federal funds into 11 miles of shoreline wetlands. -
At annual Taxpayer’s Night residents call for big non-profits to give up more of their tax breaks to help city. -
Demolition is underway on the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore. Crews are using fire to weaken the massive structure so it can be removed as quickly as possible.
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A 450-ton piece, roughly the size of a nine-story building, was lifted and floated by crane nearly a mile down the river on Sunday. -
Businesses that employ up to 500 workers are eligible for up to $200,000 in grant funding. -
On Wednesday, officials confirmed that operations are on track to open the full deep draft channel by the end of May. -
“We repeat their names because there is power in a name.” -
Ivan Bates’ endorsement comes days after the attorney told the Sun that “philosophical differences” have emerged between him and current Mayor Brandon Scott, who is also running to keep his seat in the primary. -
The remains of three workers have yet to be recovered from the Patapsco River
