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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SOWEBO Arts and Musical Festival organizers say they were never consulted by the city about the Artscape scheduling change. -
“We’ve heard you loud and clear about how hot and stormy and rainy it is at Artscape.” -
He promised a city council dedicated to public safety, justice, and improved city services. -
“In many ways, I think today we mark the closure of that chapter of uncertainty that has plagued our city — and close it for good,” said Mayor Brandon Scott. -
Brandon Scott’s administration has seen high turnover in top offices. But the city has also seen reductions in homicides and vacant housing, issues that have plagued Baltimore for decades. -
The pilot program aims to teach kids confidence and social skills while celebrating the city’s culture. -
“When I passed out and hit the ground, I fell and hit the back of my head. Mr. Silver kind of shook me and woke me up off the ground. And when I asked him what happened, he said I collapsed,” said Travis Christian during a news conference. -
“It showed that they had already made some efforts at self improvement, and more importantly, they were completely open to all of the audit department's recommendations about further improvements they could make to their own controls,” said Comptroller Bill Henry. -
“Off the record, neither MONSE nor the audits team will verify the individual, so we really just need a name that doesn’t sound fictional.” -
“Do you keep putting money in that old car, or is it time to get a new one? Those are the types of decisions that we're looking to make here, just on a much, much bigger scale.”
