Isabel Reinert
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Op-Ed: Public Media Is Under Attack — And So Is Your Community
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Imagine turning on your TV or radio and finding silence where “Sesame Street,” local news and emergency alerts used to be. No more “Our Town” stories celebrating your neighbors in Centre County. No more trusted voices guiding your children through their earliest years. No more WPSU. That’s the future we could face if Congress approves…
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Pennsylvania Public Media Comes Together to Help Address Opioid Epidemic
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By Isabel Reinert, Executive director and general manager of WPSU Penn State Pennsylvania’s opioid epidemic has left no part of the state unravaged, no demographic group untouched. In January, Gov. Tom Wolf declared the state’s heroin and opioid epidemic a disaster. In response to the epidemic, WPSU has joined a statewide effort by Pennsylvania’s public…