Adriana Martinez-Smiley
Environment & Indigenous Affairs ReporterExpertise: Environment, energy, climate change, Indigenous affairs, PFAS, water management and conservation
Email: amartinez-smiley@wyso.org
Cell phone: 937-342-2905
Adriana Martinez-Smiley (she/they) is the Environment and Indigenous Affairs Reporter for WYSO.
Adriana's in-depth reporting at WYSO ranges from an exploration of the hydrogen economy, to a deep dive into the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and more. Their investigation into battery burning in Piqua earned first place for investigative reporting from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists and second place from the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors.
She also coordinates with The Ohio Newsroom and other environment reporters around Ohio to expand the impact of their reporting.
They grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in June 2023.
Before joining WYSO, her work has been featured in New Hampshire Public Radio, WBEZ Chicago and Chicago PBS (WTTW).
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The backlash against data centers can be seen in the election results in Urbana, Piqua and Wilmington. -
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched in July 2022 to provide 24/7 support for Ohioans experiencing mental health or addiction crises. -
More than 150 area fourth graders got a chance to put the books down last week and learn directly from citizens of Ohio’s historic tribes. -
The Oct. 14 ruling should preserve the 50-year-old rule Ohioans have used to hold air polluters accountable, called the air nuisance rule. -
The Miami Conservancy District will rehab and reinforce the Taylorsville, Englewood and Germantown dams. That’s thanks to federal dollars flowing in. -
Tribal nations are concerned about the National Archives and Records Administration closing its Chicago center, which they've used to find where children were sent to boarding schools or track cultural items. -
A western Ohio museum is inviting families out to learn about St. Clair’s Defeat, the most successful defeat of the U.S. military by Native American troops. They can also meet descendants from tribes victorious in the battle. -
Citizens of the Wyandotte Nation, local officials and community members dedicated new historic markers in Lebanon and North Bend along the 150-mile trail Wyandots took during forced removal. -
CenterPoint Energy will now go by the name National Fuel Gas Distribution of Ohio. -
Dayton is a month into its Graffiti Delete campaign to get residents to report unwanted graffiti in the public right-of-way or private property.
