Amy Eddings

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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If You Think Manhattan is Pricey, Try Buying Farmland Near New York City

Thursday, January 29, 2015

By Gabrielle Langholtz : Edible Manhattan, Edible Brooklyn

Farmland in lower Hudson River counties like Columbia County can go for $7,000 to $10,000 an acre, too pricey for beginning farmers. Rental agreements and land conservancies can help.

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If You're Looking for a Place to Farm — Start by Looking Up

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

By Gabrielle Langholtz : Edible Manhattan, Edible Brooklyn

All you need to start a farm in New York City is the right roof.

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Learning to Farm: Resources

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

By Gabrielle Langholtz : Edible Manhattan, Edible Brooklyn

Ready to trade your metrocard for a wheelbarrow? Here’s a list of resources to help you gain the skills, find land, scale up and buy the farm. Happy hoeing.

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Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Become a Farmer

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

By Gabrielle Langholtz : Edible Manhattan, Edible Brooklyn

The farm-to-table ethos is firmly established in New York City's restaurant scene. But a growing number of New Yorkers are becoming more interested in the farm side of the equation.

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The Rise to Power of Sheldon Silver

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Who is Sheldon Silver — and how did he become one of the "Three Men in a Room" who run New York State?

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Sen. Gillibrand Takes Columbia Activist to State of the Union

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The junior Senator from New York hopes holding schools responsible for campus sexual assault will be on the president's agenda in 2015.

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Discord in Police Union Could Topple Lynch

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

A shoving match at a delegates meeting in Queens Tuesday night could point to bigger problems for PBA President Patrick Lynch.

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Christie's 'State of the State' Speech Nods at State of the Nation

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

By Matt Katz

The New Jersey Governor highlighted the accomplishments of his five years in office while beginning his pivot towards a national audience.

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Gov. Mario Cuomo's First Love Was Baseball

Friday, January 02, 2015

Filmmaker Ken Burns says that for Cuomo, baseball was about democracy.

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More Changes Coming to City's Flawed 911 System — Soon

Friday, January 02, 2015

A week after WNYC aired a story about the city's 911 problems, Mayor de Blasio called for a review. Here's the story and an update on what's been done so far.

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Stoners, Russian Spies and a Transgender Father Top TV's Best of 2014

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

2014 was another boundary-stretching, genre-pushing year on television.

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Progress and Political Ploys at the Port Authority

Monday, December 29, 2014

By Joseph Capriglione : News Editor, WNYC News

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced sweeping reform plans for the Port Authority. But will their proposed makeover of the agency go far enough?

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Will Cuba's 'Beisboleros' Flock to American Shores?

Thursday, December 18, 2014

By Joseph Capriglione : News Editor, WNYC News

Major League Baseball fans hoping for an influx of Cuba's mythical talent will have to wait a while longer.

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Tensions Mount Between Mayor, Police Unions

Monday, December 15, 2014

The conflict between Mayor de Blasio and the police unions has reached a new level of tension.

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How One Pastor Is Responding to Eric Garner

Friday, December 05, 2014

By Tracie Hunte : Producer, Radiolab

The Rev. Amy Butler of the Riverside Church says the church has a role in racial justice issues.

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DeBlasio, Bratton Unveil Details of Police Retraining

Thursday, December 04, 2014

By Annmarie Fertoli : Associate Producer at WNYC

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD are unveiling more details about new police training designed to improve police-community relations.

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How to Hate Watch 'Peter Pan Live'

Thursday, December 04, 2014

By Kristen Meinzer

After the ratings success of "Sound of Music Live," NBC is back with Peter Pan. Featuring flying actors and new songs, there's the potential for a little more disaster this year.

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A Brooklyn Boy's Big Night on 'Jeopardy!'

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

An 11-year-old Brooklyn boy with a big personality and a colorful name lit up television sets all over the nation Monday night.

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City to Divert Thousands from Rikers and Into Treatment

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

By Cindy Rodriguez : Reporter, WNYC News

The task force said that 400 individuals accounted for 10,000 jail admissions over five years. It said that 67 percent of those 400 were mentally ill and 99 percent use drugs or alcohol.

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