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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The new podcast is about a conspiracy that took place in Ohio and several other Midwestern states during the Civil War. -
Last year, the Malta and McConnelsville Fire Department in southeast Ohio tested an artificial intelligence tool to improve emergency care, with promising results. -
Ohio is getting more than $200 million as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal fund to invest in rural health. -
Scientists say an innovative shoreline restoration project could curb erosion and improve water quality in the Sandusky Bay. -
In Jefferson County, community members are working to help unhoused people, after its homeless shelters closed three months ago. -
In Washington County, local officials have passed resolutions in an attempt to protect drinking water from fracking waste. State officials haven’t taken heed. -
Washington County in southeast Ohio has more injection wells storing wastewater from oil and gas drilling than the entire state of Pennsylvania. -
Ohio has hundreds of injection wells that store waste from oil and natural gas production. In one southeast Ohio city, they’re causing concern. -
Swimming pools across Ohio are in the depths of a lifeguard shortage. But the Northside Pool in Youngstown is well-staffed and helping its youth thrive, thanks to a local lifeguard academy there. -
The Hubbard House in northeast Ohio’s Ashtabula County was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. After surviving a demolition threat, it has a unique strategy to ensure its future.
