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 investigation into battery burning in Piqua, to an exploration of the hydrogen economy, to a deep dive into the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
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’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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Eighteen EV chargers are currently available and the rest will be within the next six months. The project partners celebrated with a ceremony at the new charger at the Dayton Metro Library's Trotwood branch. -
The U.S. EPA's Superfund program includes the contaminated Valley Pike VOCs site in Riverside. Groundwater testing may soon identify more homes and businesses eligible for free environmental testing. -
Environmental advocates are among thoes opposing the Ohio House proposal to cut H2Ohio by nearly 45%. This possible change comes as the U.S. EPA and Trump administration also chop funding. -
The Montgomery County Jail Coalition hosted a rally with families whose loved ones have died in county custody within the last two years. -
The Schockman Lumber Group acquired the Requarth Lumber Company. Its history includes sales of lumber to the Wright brothers and surviving Dayton's 1913 flood. -
The Collaboratory is partnering with national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to eliminate medical debt for 13,000 qualifying residents. To do so, they use the debt purchasing system to their advantage. -
An update on the lawsuit from Montgomery County versus city of Dayton over water rates: the city of Dayton filed a counterclaim against Montgomery County last week. -
A new program at Great Council State Park will give visitors a sweet opportunity to learn about Shawnee peoples’ history and culture. The maple tapping events run through April, 2025. -
This is the second action organized by the PSA union flight attendants since 99.2% of its members voted to authorize a strike in September. PSA flight attendants demonstrated not just at DAY, but across their other airline hubs in Charlotte, Dallas, Philadelphia and Arlington, Virginia. -
Dayton's first utility-scale solar project will bring new life to a site that hasn't been used since the Sherwin Williams warehouse fire in 1987.
