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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Opioid overdose deaths are on the decline in Ohio. Now, the state is investing in programs to help people in recovery return to work. -
A visitors bureau in north central Ohio is installing signs along the Mohican River to help first responders locate people mid-emergency. -
From fertilizer to fuel, seeds to steel, here’s how farmers across Ohio are coping with climbing costs. -
In 2023, Ohioans checked out more library materials per capita than people in any other state. Many local libraries expand their reach by taking collections on the road. -
Statistics from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development show the number of people experiencing homelessness across the country dropped by 3% last year. But the trend is moving in the opposite direction in Ohio. -
The owners of four injection wells in southeast Ohio’s Washington County agreed to voluntarily stop their operations in early July, following a request from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ oil and gas division. -
OhioHealth will close the labor and delivery unit at Grady Memorial Hospital in central Ohio’s Delaware County at the end of July. It’s the latest in a string of more than two dozen Ohio hospitals that have closed or consolidated maternity care since 2018. -
After Ohio Humanities lost federal funding last year, the statewide organization is announcing an organizational shift. -
Two years after it launched, the Buckeye State Tree Nursery in Zanesville is distributing its first round of seedlings. -
University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.
