Kaitlin Schroeder
Digital Editor/Deputy News DirectorExpertise: Editing, digital journalism, podcasts, social media
Contact: kschroeder@wyso.org
Kaitlin Schroeder (she/her) is the new deputy news director and digital editor at WYSO Public Radio.
Schroeder joins WYSO with 10 years of experience in local news. This includes working as a health care reporter for Dayton Daily News; a real estate, retail and restaurants reporter for Dayton Business Journal; and a general assignment reporter for the Morning Sentinel in central Maine. After college, she also interned as a reporter at Kosova Live in Pristina, Kosovo.
She was recognized by the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors as Best Business Reporter in 2018 and 2019.
Most recently, Schroeder worked as the marketing and communications manager for YWCA Dayton, which is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women and operates Montgomery and Preble counties’ only domestic violence shelters.
In January, Schroeder started a term as a director on the board of HUES Women’s Health Advocacy Institute, which envisions a community capable of addressing the interpersonal and systemic barriers that Black, Indigenous and Women of Color face navigating health and wellness systems.
Schroeder is involved with House of Bread and the community garden in the Jane Reece neighborhood in Dayton, where she lives with her husband and two-year-old son.
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Springfield Regional Medical Center has a new volunteer in charge of comforting patients and staff at Mercy Health. His name is Beau, and he's cute. -
The president and CEO of Dayton Children’s Hospital is planning to retire. Deborah Feldman plans to leave her position June 30. -
Ohio is planning a new mental health hospital to meet the need for psychiatric beds. Trotwood leaders are against the proposed location at the old Hara Arena site, but Harrison Township supports the move. -
Shenise Turner-Sloss won the Dayton mayoral race with nearly 52% of the vote. That’s according to final, unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. -
Ohio's bald eagle population continues to rebound, with more nests counted in 2025 than the last census. -
Starting Aug. 4, 2025, Dayton Metro Library is changing hours and restarting its afternoon chaperone policy or and Main Branch and appointment policy for Southeast Branch. -
A four-alarm fire at a vacant factory drew a large response in Springfield on Thursday. It led to a large black smoke plume around downtown. -
The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Watch for southwest Ohio, from Sunday, June 22, through the evening on Tuesday, June 24. Daily high temperatures are forecast to rise into the 90s with a heat index above 100. -
The risk of extreme heat in the Dayton region could climb much faster if fossil fuel emissions continue to rise. -
Kettering Health said Wednesday evening that its emergency departments are now fully operational and off diversion, which means it's accepting both walk-ins and those transported by first responders.
