Shay Frank
Food Insecurity & Agriculture ReporterExpertise: Agriculture, housing and homelessness, farming policy, hunger and food access, grocery industry, sustainable food systems
Contact: sfrank@wyso.org
Shay Frank (she/her) was born and raised in Dayton. She joined WYSO as a reporter in 2024, after freelancing for the news department for three years.
Prior to WYSO, Shay covered the arts for The Blade in Toledo.
She graduated from University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Arts in communications and has been honored to be a repeat guest at her alma mater, speaking about her career in journalism.
Her current reporting focuses on food insecurity and agriculture, including solutions to food access in the Miami Valley. This has ranged from grocery access, to composting, to the Farm Bill and more. In 2025, her deep dive into Ohio's gas station boom was recognized with a first place award for enterprise reporting by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.
She also works with the music department at WYSO to research and record weekend music breaks for Novaphonic.fm.
Shay is thrilled to be working with the team at WYSO and reporting for her hometown community.
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The sale of Tom's Market is set to be finalized in June, allowing the Yellow Springs Community Foundation to form a steering committee and hire a general manager. -
For the entire history of the food stamps program (SNAP) the federal government has paid for all the benefits. Starting this fall, Ohio and other states are going to have to take on some of those costs, depending on their rate of payment errors. -
Farmers from across Ohio gathered in Wilmington last week to attend a panel with U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman and U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of the Senate Agriculture Committee to discuss rising input costs, E15 fuel and the Farm Bill. -
Yellow Springs Home Inc. is now looking to help more low-income homeowners to help get rid of mold, upgrade HVAC systems, replace old roofs, and other expensive but necessary repairs. -
The Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association teamed up with 13 other corn-producing states to send a letter, requesting transparency from the DOJ and USDA on a federal probe into fertilizer markets. -
Montgomery County Children Services report that new data shows a recent decline in child welfare cases since 2021. -
A United Way official says the region, in the past, has lacked funding to work with subject matter experts and make a plan on the best practices for preventing and reducing homelessness. -
International Motors, formerly known as Navistar and International Harvester, has agreed to sell its Springfield plant to defense and commercial vehicle manufacturer Roshel. -
The Trotwood Planning Commission approved plans for a new Wawa, to be built at the intersection of Ohio 49 and Shiloh Springs Road. -
The Foodbank Inc. will launch its brand new community building at a block party in June, marking 50 years of hunger relief in the Miami Valley.
