Anne Danahy
Anne Danahy is a reporter at WPSU. She was a reporter for nearly 12 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she earned a number of awards for her coverage of issues including the impact of natural gas development on communities.
She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and a master's degree in media studies from Penn State.
Before joining WPSU, she worked as a writer and editor at Strategic Communications at Penn State and with the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute before that.
She hosts a Q&A program for Centre County's government and education access station and teaches a news writing and reporting class at Penn State.
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The American marten — a small, mink-like creature once common in Pennsylvania’s forests — is no longer found in the state, thanks to overhunting and deforestation more than a century ago. But, the state Game Commission is holding open houses as it considers bringing back the member of the mustelid family.
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The Penn State Faculty Senate approved on Tuesday a change in its class attendance policy that says, in most cases, instructors should switch from in-person to remote classes on November election days to make in-person voting easier for students.
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As the number of violent incidents in Pennsylvania prisons increased in 2022, compared with the year before, the corrections officers’ union hopes to work with Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to help make prisons safer.
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As Penn State deals with what it's calling a structural deficit and cutting funding to some of its departments, layoffs will be part of the picture in at least one college.
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Penn State plans to renovate Beaver Stadium and will be looking to fans to help foot the bill.
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Bald eagle populations in Pennsylvania and the United States have rebounded over the years, but some are still dying from lead poisoning.
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Penn State is moving to a new method for determining how much money its colleges and units get each year. Leaders say the change will better reflect current student and program needs.
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Penn State is looking into creating a code of conduct for visitors after an October appearance by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes led to demonstrations, counter-demonstrations and the event getting canceled.
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Tuition bills for Pennsylvanians who go to Penn State or one of the other state-related universities will come with a new detail this coming year: the students are getting a discount — thanks to the General Assembly.
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Penn State is planning to increase employees' salaries 2.5% percent, under a plan the board of trustees will vote on Friday.