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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Once finished, the 11-mile shoreline restoration project seeks to protect vulnerable communities from flooding, clean the water and provide a refuge for both people and animals. -
Johns Hopkins Hospital initially reported a 200-gallon diesel spill on its East Baltimore campus. Hours later, more than 2,000 gallons had spread to the Inner Harbor. -
Overtime hours are expected to be lower this year at below 900,000. -
Councilwoman Odette Ramos demands Mayor Brandon Scott to more than double the budget to cover legal services and wraparound support. -
Last year two sanitation workers died on the clock, including Ron Silver II’s death from heat stroke. -
The 42-year-old festival takes place on Memorial Day Sunday every year. -
This year’s total abundance is the second lowest since the survey began in 1990. The lowest abundance was recorded in 2022. -
Combined, the cities “anchor institutions” pay $6M annually for approximately $47M in city services like policing, snow removal, and road maintenance. -
“This class action is about ICE’s repeated insistence on detaining people for no reason and holding them in cells for multiple days without proper medical care.” -
Proponents of low-density multi-family housing argue that it increases housing stock by allowing for more units but also expands options by creating smaller homes for starter families or empty nesters.
