Amy Eddings
Host/Producer 鈥淢orning Edition鈥�Expertise: Hosting live radio, broadcast writing, editing, audio production, abortion, navigating New York City鈥檚 subway system, coffee shops, cat wrangling
Education: The Ohio State University - Bachelor of Arts
New York University 鈥� Master of Arts
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Solstice Steps in Lakewood
Experience:
Amy Eddings is a writer and journalist who has worked at 精东影业 as host of NPR's 鈥淢orning Edition鈥� on WKSU since 2017. She has reported on a wide range of topics, including ice swimmers in Chagrin Falls, Ohio鈥檚 alpaca industry, voter sentiment ahead of the 2024 presidential election and abortion rights in Ohio after the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2023. Prior to her return to Northeast Ohio, where she was born and raised, Amy lived in New York City for 28 years. She began her career in public radio at WBAI and WFUV. She spent 17 years at WNYC, where she covered garbage, recycling and the 9/11/2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, and later hosted 鈥淎ll Things Considered.鈥� Amy's writing has appeared in Guideposts鈥� 鈥淲alking in Grace鈥� daily devotionals.
Highlights:
- 2024 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists-Best Documentary, 鈥淥hio After Roe鈥�
- 2024 Edward R. Murrow Region 7-Best Radio Documentary, 鈥淥hio After Roe鈥�
- 2024 Alliance for Women in Media Gracie Award-Best Documentary Local Non-Commercial Radio, 鈥淥hio After Roe鈥�
- 2020 Alliance for Women in Media Gracie Award-Host/Anchor Non-Commercial Local Radio
- 2019 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Award, Best Radio Anchor
- 2003 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Chi Delta Award, Investigative Reporting
- 2003 Investigative Reporters and Editors prize for radio
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The mission of 精东影业 is to be a trustworthy and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us. Our highest priority is providing news and information that is reliable and accurate, that is gathered with integrity and professional care and that is presented with precision and respect for the intelligence of our audiences. We are transparent about how we discover and verify the facts we present and strive to make our decision-making process clear to the public. We disclose relationships, such as with partners or funders, that might appear, but will never, influence our coverage.
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Signs are everywhere 鈥� in doctors' offices, pharmacies, big box stores and coffee shops 鈥� reminding people to be nice to those who help them. -
Amy Eddings, 精东影业's "Morning Edition" host, says Daylight Saving Time taxes her early-to-bed routine. -
Retired political consultant and Clevelander Jerry Austin shared memories of running the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's unsuccessful presidential race in 1988. -
News5 Cleveland News Director Jodie Heisner discusses her newsroom's AI guidelines, gives examples of how journalists use AI in their work, and where AI and journalism are headed. -
Research by Trusting News found 94% of news consumers want news organizations to tell them when a journalist has used AI, but 42% report a loss of trust in the story when they see that disclosure statement. -
Brunswick residents were relieved when Ohio lawmakers repealed a mandated highway exit at Boston Road. But transportation officials are launching another study and say everything's on the table. -
Orlean, the longtime staff writer for The New Yorker and Shaker Heights native, says her memoir "Joyride" is a story about her stories. -
Non-working streetlights can be a waste taxpayers' money. Council members in Akron and Warren have been personally doing their own surveys of streetlights, a job that utilities used to do. -
In unofficial results, Avon Lake City Schools' Issue 16 squeaked by with just 16 votes, which could change when the May 6 election is certified. Avon Lake's school superintendent discusses what could happen if it fails. -
Ohio voters approved a sweeping reproductive rights amendment in 2023. Opponents look to a changed Ohio Supreme Court to rein in those rights.
