Amy Eddings is the local host of “All Things Considered,” which airs from 4 PM until 8 PM weekdays. She started hosting in 2004, after long-time host JoAnn Allen left for the West Coast. Before ATC, Amy was a reporter. Her favorite topics were--and still are--garbage and recycling, which she still reports on whenever she can get out of the studio.
Amy joined WNYC in 1998, after serving as the news director and morning news host at WFUV-NY for almost four years. Amy owes her start in radio to Richard Bolles’ career-changing classic, “What Color is Your Parachute?” Prior to reading that book, she worked in a law firm and wrote Off-Off Broadway reviews.
Amy, along with her colleague, Andrea Bernstein, has received several awards for their series on homeless housing, “Handshake Hotels.” Those awards include the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2003 Sigma Chi Delta Award for investigative reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors prize for radio, and The Newspaper Guild’s 2003 Heywood Broun Award, which acknowledges journalistic achievement, especially if it helps right a wrong or correct an injustice. Amy has also received the New York Press Club’s 2002 Feature Award for her story on a church in the Rockaways, which held 15 funerals and memorial services in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks and the crash of American Airlines Flight 587. Her work and family series, “The Juggling Act,” won a bronze medal at the 1998 International Radio Festival.
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Last Chance Foods: Food In Danger
Friday, May 24, 2013
Ramps are in decline, says Dr. Robert Naczi, a botanist with the New York Botanical Garden. He gives his advice on what not to forage, as well as what can be foraged and how to forage it.
Food For Thought: Curating Carnivorous Plants
Friday, May 24, 2013
WNYC's Amy Eddings talks to botanist Robert Naczi and his work identifying carnivorous pitcher plants. Hear about the plant that was named after Dr. Naczi in an exclusive clip.
Push for MLS Stadium Part of Bloomberg Legacy
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Major League Soccer announced Tuesday that it was bringing another team to New York City. The Yankees are partnering with the group that runs the Manchester City Football Club in the U.K. to bring a new team to the city in 2015. But where the team will play is still a big unknown.
Local Disaster Response Team Helps Oklahoma Tornado Recovery
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
An intense search and rescue operation is underway in Moore, Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City suburb of 56,000 people that received the brunt of the damage from Monday’s level five tornado.
A Tumblr Boost for Silicon Alley?
Friday, May 17, 2013
New York City's tech scene is on fire, but it has yet to produce a Facebook, a Google or an Amazon. But now Yahoo is in talks to acquire Tumblr, the micro-blogging service that's a Silicon Alley darling. What does that mean for investors, Tumblr users and the other startups in New York?
Last Chance Foods: The Flax of Life
Friday, May 17, 2013
Registered dietitian Samantha Heller explains why flax is healthy and how flax oil, flaxseeds, and flax meal are different. Try a recipe she recommends for Zucchini, Banana, and Flaxseed Muffins.
Key to Scandal’s Success: Sex, Lies and Videotape
Thursday, May 16, 2013
After a year of steamy love affairs, waterboarding and an attempted presidential assassination, the ABC drama "Scandal" is wrapping up its second season Thursday.
Newtown Leaders Vote to Raze Sandy Hook Elementary and Rebuild
Monday, May 13, 2013
In Newtown, CT, a task force made up of local elected officials voted unanimously last Friday to tear down and rebuild Sandy Hook Elementary School on the same site where a gunman massacred 20 children and six adults last December.
Last Chance Foods: Fishing for Spring
Friday, May 10, 2013
Stephanie Villani of Blue Moon Fish talk about fluke and porgies, which are in season now. Try her easy and quick recipe for battered and pan-fried porgy fillets.
Sexual Assault ‘Epidemic’ in Military Says Sen. Gillibrand
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is taking the military to task after an annual review showed the number of sexual assaults in the military increased.
One NY Artist: Chef Frank Castronovo
Saturday, May 04, 2013
New York City is home to numerous cultural institutions, but they aren't the only places to witness the city's abundant creative energy. You'll find it also behind the swinging kitchen door of the city's best restaurants.
Last Chance Foods: Studying Mold and Mites at Murray's Cheese
Friday, May 03, 2013
Cave master Brian Ralph of Murray's Cheese Shop and Harvard microbiologist Benjamin Wolfe talk about the molds and mites flavoring the cheese in the caves. Find out what's growing on your cheese.
New Cops Hit the Streets in Camden
Thursday, May 02, 2013
The Camden City Police Department is no more. In its place is a special Metro Division of a new county-run force. The move is aimed at helping the city, which has struggled with high crime rates for years and budget problems that led to police layoffs.
Bumpy Path for Ethics Reform in Albany
Thursday, May 02, 2013
A former prosecutor in then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office is resigning her post as executive director of the state’s Joint Committee on Public Ethics. Ellen Biben has led the ethics panel since its launch in February of last year, and is the second member to resign in recent weeks.
New Crop of Cookbooks Highlight Cooking at Home in NYC
Thursday, May 02, 2013
New York is home to thousands of restaurants, but a new crop of cookbooks may inspire you to stay in the kitchen and cook, rather than order takeout.
An E-Hailing Debate
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
“There are all these traditions about where you stand, how you raise your hand and if you can’t find a cab, where you go to get ahead of the other people who might be standing on your corner,” Kiernan said
Bangladesh Building Collapse Raises Questions About Fashion Supply Chain
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Dozens of laborers killed in the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh last week were laid to rest Wednesday in a mass funeral.
Last Chance Foods: From Chicken to Egg
Friday, April 26, 2013
Farmer Annemarie Gero of the Queens County Farm Museum talks about chicken personalities and how to check if an egg has gone bad. Try her grandmother's recipe for a Hungarian casserole of boiled eggs, potatoes, and sour cream.
Implications of the (False) Tweet Sent Round the ‘Verse
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A tweet from a hacked Associated Press Twitter account spread like wildfire on Tuesday, with users tweeting and re-tweeting the false report that a bomb had gone off in the White House and had harmed the president.
Cooper Union to Send Out Tuition Bills in 2014
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
For the first time in more than a century, the Cooper Union will begin charging all its students tuition. Undergraduates will be expected to pay about $20,000, which is half the tuition to attend the college.