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 Salem Avenue community garden. She lives in the Oregon District with her husband, toddler and baby.
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Anthem said Kettering Health wanted 27% price increase over three years. Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15. -
Trump spoke in support of U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, who is in a tight race with Sherrod Brown. -
BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and Swedish firm EQT will make up the largest shareholders who are buying the Dayton-based utility company. -
The buyer, National Fuel Gas Company, announced this week that the sale should be finalized around Oct. 1. The $2.6 billion acquisition was first announced a year ago. -
Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian immigrant studying at Wright State University, died on Monday. His father said in a statement, "The government treated my son like an animal." -
The final numbers have been totaled for the Ohio State Fair, which ended Aug. 9. Several records were broken. -
The public is urged to avoid flood waters and any downed wires as clean up from the storm continues. -
The city stated that it hopes to provide more information late next week. -
Gov. Mike DeWine announced that startup Electra will open a hybrid electric aircraft factory in Ohio. -
Canadian wildfire smoke has been clouding the skies in the Miami Valley on Friday, July 17, as well as across Ohio.
