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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While five people, including Jackson, were ultimately charged and plead guilty to related gun crimes, no one has actually been charged with fatally shooting Aaliyah Gonzalez or Kylis Fagbemi. -
“We don’t call it The Hood, we call it Hollywood.” -
“I really fear that as we're making this incredible progress here as a nation — turning down the number of people who have been impacted by gun violence and homicide — we're about to see a horrific reversal of that trend.” -
“Baltimore is built different. So, we have to build different.” -
A federal judge terminated two sections of the decree on Thursday, including the one on the transport of people in police custody. -
Abrego-Garcia’s case has sparked a closely watched court battle that lawyers worry has major implications for the separation of powers and the rule of law. -
“The government attorney did say that they intend to comply with the order and bring him back. That's the bare minimum.” -
Maryland Department of Labor cited federal uncertainty as the primary reason for pushing the program back. -
A similar measure introduced in the General Assembly did not advance this session. -
The national protest movement took place in hundreds of cities.
