Erin Gottsacker
Reporter, The Ohio NewsroomErin Gottsacker is a reporter for The Ohio Newsroom. She鈥檚 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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Don MacRostie has been hand crafting mandolins in southeast Ohio for nearly 50 years. -
When a child or young adult is having a crisis, parents and teachers often turn to institutions, like psych wards or the police, for help. But an increasing number of Ohioans now have another option. -
A once abandoned underground mine in southern Ohio鈥檚 Scioto County now has a new purpose. A local couple decorates the cavern each Christmas to tell the story of Jesus鈥檚 birth. -
The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen recently announced plans to open the state鈥檚 first river maritime academy in eastern Ohio鈥檚 Monroe County. It鈥檚 an effort to address a need for tug boat operators and deckhands. -
Ohio organizations from Cincinnati to Toledo hope to build tiny home villages for homeless and housing insecure veterans. -
To celebrate the holidays, Steubenville decorates its downtown streets with hundreds of giant nutcrackers. The display attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the city. -
Wild turkeys are plentiful in Ohio these days, roaming all 88 counties. But early settlers once pushed the species out of the state entirely. -
A team of researchers recently wrapped up a four-year-long study to find out how autonomous vehicles fare on Ohio鈥檚 rural roads. -
An organization in central Ohio unveiled a new tool last month to better meet the needs of its growing unhoused population. The Soap-n-Hope Mobile Hygiene Unit is a 32-foot-long trailer equipped with showers and laundry machines. -
Since it was formed in 2003, the Ohio Innocence Project has freed dozens of Ohioans who were jailed for crimes they didn鈥檛 commit. A series from Ohio Newsroom member station WYSO explores their stories.
