Emily Reddy / WPSU Producer

Emily Reddy

BookMark
05-23-2013

An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd

Sarah May Clarkson reviews Charles Todd’s An Unmarked Grave, a novel that piqued her interest because it’s been likened to PBS series Downton Abbey. Charles Todd is one of the featured authors of this year’s BookFest, PA.

StoryCorps
05-22-2013

Story Corps Altoona: Robert Reese Talks to his Friend Brent Ottaway

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Altoona. Robert Reese talks with his friend Brent Ottaway.

This I Believe
05-16-2013

I Believe in Running
Brittany Svoboda
State College, PA

I just made it over the last hill. The hardest part is over and it’s exhilarating. My cheeks are red, but my breathing is leveling off. I can feel my bangs flying out of my headband. I try to focus on my feet hitting the ground at a consistent “step step, step step” pace.

StoryCorps
05-15-2013

Story Corps Altoona: Pamela Synder-Etters Interviews her Friend Shirley Pechter

Pamela Synder-Etters talks with long-time Altoona Symphony Orchestra member Shirley Pechter. Pechter is 92 and has been with the symphony since it was founded in 1928.

StoryCorps
05-13-2013

Story Corps Altoona: Jan Housman Talks to her Neighbor Brenda Jennings

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Altoona. Brenda Jennings talks with her friend and neighbor Jan Housman about growing up Jewish in the 1950s.

BookMark
05-09-2013

Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust by Josip Novakovich

Former Penn State professor Josip Novakovich is a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, which is awarded every two years to a writer for his or her body of work. Jessica Matzko reviews Navokovich’s book, Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust.

StoryCorps
05-08-2013

Story Corps Altoona: Bridget McNulty Talks with her Grandson Hiro

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Altoona. Hiro McNulty talks with his grandmother Bridget McNulty about growing up in Pittsburgh.

StoryCorps
05-06-2013

Story Corps Altoona: Robert Donaldson Talks with his Wife Carolyn

WPSU is traveling to towns across central and northern Pennsylvania to collect oral history recordings. In March, we stopped in Altoona. Robert Donaldson talks with his wife Carolyn about how they met thirty years ago when Robert’s friend Mickey introduced them.

This I Believe
05-02-2013

I Believe in My Mom
Clifton Graves
State College, PA

When I was a couple of months old, I had pneumonia and I stopped breathing. My mom called for an ambulance and immediately began to pray. The ambulance arrived minutes later, and the EMT performed CPR on me. That day, I was the first baby the EMT had ever “brought back to life.”

Bio

Emily Reddy is a radio producer at WPSU. You can hear her feature stories during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Emily also produces WPSU’s radio series This I Believe, BookMark, and StoryCorps and serves as a fill-in on-air host.

Before coming to WPSU, Emily anchored the evening news and filed reports for WMNF in Tampa, Florida. She also served as a general reporter in Washington D.C. for WAMU and as a Washington Capitol Correspondent for WNPR.

While in graduate school, Emily produced segments for the daily news magazine Here & Now out of WBUR in Boston. She earned her M.S. in broadcast journalism from Boston University.