Amy Eddings
Host/Producer “Morning Edition”Amy Eddings is Host/Producer of NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Ideastream Public Media.
Before joining Ideastream in 2017, Amy was heard in the afternoons in New York City as host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” on WNYC, NPR’s largest affiliate. Prior to her hosting duties, she spent seven years reporting for WNYC, with a special focus on garbage and recycling. Amy also served as News and Public Affairs Director at WFUV in New York from 1994 to 1998.
She began her radio career at the legendary pacifist community radio station, WBAI, in New York. Amy has also been a columnist and lifestyle reporter for The Lima News in Lima, Ohio; an Off-Off-Broadway critic for the now-defunct weekly LGBTQ paper, New York Native; and a writer of devotionals and articles for the faith-based publishing company Guideposts.
Amy is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Best Anchor, Local Radio Gracie Award in 2020 from the Alliance for Women in Media and Best Radio Anchor in 2019 from the Ohio chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Amy, along with her colleague, Andrea Bernstein, received several awards in 2003 for their series on homeless housing, “Handshake Hotels.” Those awards include the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for investigative reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors prize for radio, and The Newspaper Guild’s Heywood Broun Award, which acknowledges journalism that helps right a wrong or correct an injustice. Her work and family series, “The Juggling Act,” won a bronze medal at the 1998 International Radio Festival.
Amy was born and raised in Brunswick, Ohio. She is a proud alumnus of The Ohio State University. She received a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from New York University.
Amy lives in Fairview Park with her cat, Tidbit.
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"Ohio After Roe" launches on the weekend that Roe v. Wade turns 50. Ideastream Public Media's Amy Eddings talks about what she experienced and learned during this project. -
State Rep. Gary Click (R - Vickery) is the sponsor of a bill requiring Ohio to recognize a fertilized human egg as a person and to protect that person's constitutional rights.
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Cases are rising statewide but the outbreak has affected Cleveland and Cuyahoga County more than any others across Ohio; Ohio's U.S. Sen. Rob Portman met with members of Ukraine's parliament this week and is calling for more aid to be sent to help them fight Russian aggression; Northeast Ohio's broadband expansion program received half a million dollars from the state ... and more stories.
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Data presented during Akron's Health Equity Summit showed the rate at which black infants died before reaching their first birthdays dropped in 2020, but it also showed that Black people died at a greater rate from diseases including COVID-19; Another strike by 275 teachers at Garfield Heights City Schools is planned if they don't reach an agreement with the school administration; and more stories.
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The two men convicted of attempted murder in a 16-year-old case were retried by a jury and found not guilty; A Hamilton County judge has extended a previously implemented temporary restraining order on a law known as the 'heartbeat bill' until Oct. 12; and more stories.
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The average price per gallon spiked 32 cents in Akron and 22 cents in Cleveland; Akronites will get to experience a new park this coming weekend on a portion of the decommissioned innerbelt; A developer has laid out a $100 million plan to restore a historic neighborhood in Cleveland Heights and erect new apartments, homes, parking and dining structures to revive the area ... and more stories.
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J.R. Majewski claims he is an Air Force combat veteran who served in Afghanistan but recent military documents acquired by The Associated Press note otherwise; A special monitor overseeing Cleveland's police reform has reported the Cleveland Division of Police is still far from compliant in key areas including investigations into officers using excessive force and deadly shootings ... and more stories.
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There will be no debates for the races for Ohio governor and U.S. Senate due to the refusal of the Republican candidates to participate; Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) says the U.S. Senate will not vote until November on a bill implementing federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriage ... and more stories.
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Northeast Ohio kids are being affected by the resurgence of two viruses that are similar to a cold but can cause severe symptoms; Cleveland's only psychiatric ER is uncertain about its operations after St. Vincent's announced its closure; and more stories.
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The former president was in Youngstown to rally for Ohio candidates running in November for different positions; A Cleveland abortion provider is seeing a 50% increase in calls for abortions, including from people across neighboring states where access is severely limited due to bans; and more stories.
