Amy Eddings

1 month ago | wosu.org | Amy Eddings

Ohioans who support abortion rights claimed a major victory in 2023 with the passage of an amendment to the state constiution guaranteeing reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. But the Ohio Supreme Court, which underwent a significant change in the last election, will have the final say on how those rights will be interpreted. Voters passed Issue 1 with 57% of the vote. A year and a half later, abortion rights advocates say their work is just beginning.

1 month ago | ideastream.org | Amy Eddings

Most people will wait until summer to swim outdoors. But there’s a dedicated community of Northeast Ohioans who enjoy winter dips in icy water. On a recent, partly sunny day in Bentleyville, with an air temperature of 28 degrees Fahrenheit and water temperature near freezing, about a dozen people in their bathing suits walked in their bare feet across the snow and waded into the Chagrin River at the base of a series of waterfalls. Claire Hilbers of Chagrin Falls was among them.

1 month ago | wosu.org | Amy Eddings

Most people will wait until summer to swim outdoors. But there’s a dedicated community of Northeast Ohioans who enjoy winter dips in icy water. On a recent, partly sunny day in Bentleyville, with an air temperature of 28 degrees Fahrenheit and water temperature near freezing, about a dozen people in their bathing suits walked in their bare feet across the snow and waded into the Chagrin River at the base of a series of waterfalls. Claire Hilbers of Chagrin Falls was among them.

2 months ago | ideastream.org | Amy Eddings

Quick, give me a list of winter sports. Ice skating, you say? Skiing, downhill and cross country. Tobogganing. Snowshoeing. Hockey, for traditionalists who prefer an outdoor pond to a year-round indoor rink.  That’s a good list. But you forgot swimming. Yes, swimming. Outdoors. In a pool, lake, or maybe a 25-meter pool cut out of the frozen surface of a lake.

Nov 14, 2024 | ideastream.org | Amy Eddings

At 3 a.m. on the morning after Election Day, as I was writing my newscasts, I noticed several tweets from former public radio colleagues who, like so many in this business, have been laid off. In September, my former employer, New York Public Radio, laid off 14 people while another 12 took voluntary layoffs. Gannett, Time, Axios, Tampa Bay Times, and Hollywood Reporter also made cuts this year, building on the loss of 20,000 news and media jobs in 2023.