Erin Gottsacker
Reporter, The Ohio NewsroomErin Gottsacker is a reporter for The Ohio Newsroom. She’s especially interested in covering education and environmental issues in rural parts of the state.
Before joining the Ohio Newsroom, Erin reported on a large, rural area in the Northwoods of Wisconsin and hosted Morning Edition for WXPR Public Radio. There, she covered a range of topics from affordable housing to the environment to rural health care to Native American cultures. Prior to that, she was a Peace Corps educator in Ethiopia. A Cincinnati native and Ohio State graduate, Erin enjoys reporting in her home state.
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Eastern hellbenders are North America’s largest salamanders. In Ohio, they’re endangered. -
James Floyd Smith and Leslie Irvin tested the first free-fall parachute at McCook Field in Dayton. -
A veteran in eastern Ohio is on a mission to increase access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. -
Dirk Harkins says Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation saved his life. Now, he’s working to ensure more rural Ohioans have access to the medical treatment. -
The Ohio Department of Aging is expanding a program to provide all-in-one care to older Ohioans — outside of a nursing home. -
A recent poll from the Bowling Green State University Democracy and Public Policy Research Network found next year’s midterm races in Ohio could be close. -
From Cleveland State to the University of Cincinnati, international student enrollment at Ohio colleges has plummeted. -
Northwest Ohio candy maker Spangler Candy produces about 12 million Dum-Dums lollipops every day. -
Crime rates in Ohio’s rural communities are often just as high as in the state’s cities. -
After receiving historic amounts of rainfall earlier this year, Athens County is embarking on a project to map flooding and erosion patterns.
