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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After the USDA terminated funding for almost all of its Increasing Land, Capital and Market Access Program projects, the court has ruled twice in favor of funding recipients to have their grants reinstated. -
Central State University is teaming up with The Foodbank Inc. to plant fruit and nut bearing trees, with the help of a grant for urban forests. -
Another black bear has been sighted in Greene County after multiple sightings were reported in Greene and Clark County last year. Here's what to do if you encounter one. -
After a successful initial lawsuit in 2025, a wave of new plaintiffs are hoping to reinstate funding that helps secure affordable farmland, capital and markets. -
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is offering 22 counties about $25,000 to $50,000 each to craft land use plans. -
After ending housing services in the city of Springfield in 2024, the Dayton-based nonprofit is returning to fill a gap in emergency homeless housing -
Shearer's new snack food factory at 4100 Springboro Pike will kick off operations with a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 22. -
The metal slide has been at Shoup Park for nearly 40 years, becoming a local landmark and piece of community history. Now, it is closed due to irreparable damages. -
As one of the largest employers in the region, Honda currently employers more than 15,000 people in Ohio. -
Killer Brownie's gourmet desserts will soon be produced in Springboro, with help from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority.
