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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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. -
Kettering Health's radiation oncology technology is back online and treating patients, after recovering from a cyber attack on the health system's IT. -
Five Rivers MetroParks temporarily closed several flooded parks and some roads around the Miami Valley were blocked by flood waters. -
All five Miami Conservancy District flood protection dams — Germantown, Englewood, Lockington, Taylorsville, and Huffman — are now storing water to reduce the risk of flooding in downstream communities. -
The high-water event began on April 3, 2025, triggered by significant rainfall across the Great Miami River Watershed. Dams are storing water around the region. -
In 2019, tornadoes knocked down trees across the Dayton region. Harrison Township restored a hard hit park with new cherry trees that are blooming this year. -
In an alternative to 911, people in a mental health or substance use crisis who don't need the police or fire department can instead call 988. Montgomery County's mobile crisis team will serve people who need more than a phone call. -
Remembering the late Tom Robbins. -
The Allen County teenager's death was reported by the Ohio Department of Health as the first flu-related pediatric death of this flu season. -
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