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.
Shay is thrilled to be working with the team at WYSO and reporting for her hometown community.
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Second Harvest Food Bank and the Foodbank Inc. are just two food banks in Ohio who learned millions of dollars in food is no longer coming. -
Tony Hall joins the International Peace Museum on Friday and Saturday for a fasting event, aimed at promoting peace and food justice -
The Ohio Association of Food Banks has reported seeing the highest visitation numbers within its 35 years of operation between July and December of 2024. -
Beyond Vision Art currently displays its artwork in a number of temporary exhibits. Its curator is working to change that and open a permanent gallery in Dayton by and for the visually impaired. -
Around 700 gallons of diesel leaked at a Beavercreek Shell station, at the corner of North Fairfield Road and Dayton-Xenia Road. The risk to wells is considered low. -
After a boom in business late last year, Kèkèt Bongou in Springfield has been seeing less of a profit from customers visiting the restaurant on Sunset Avenue. -
University of Cincinnati Professor Jennifer Wright-Berryman and Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science graduate Kat Vancil-Coleman created the Equal Deathcare database for members of the LGBTQIA+ community to find inclusive and affirming end of life and death care. -
The barn fire in Darke County killed more than 200,000 pullet chickens on Feb. 4. More than 30 crews worked together to extinguish the fire. -
The historic Silos in Dayton currently have a food hall and bar. As the business develops, its founders have plans for expansion. -
Darke County is the center of Ohio's egg industry and its poultry farmers have been particularly hit hard. This loss drew Gov. Mike DeWine and other state and industry leaders out Thursday afternoon.