Amanda Rabinowitz
Amanda Rabinowitz has been a reporter, host and producer at WKSU since 2007. Her days begin before the sun comes up as the local anchor for NPR’s Morning Edition, which airs on WKSU each weekday from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. In addition to providing local news and weather, she interviews the Plain Dealer’s Terry Pluto for a weekly commentary about Northeast Ohio’s sports scene.
Amanda has been honored by the Radio-Television Digital News Association with a national Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting for her story about painkiller addiction in college sports. She’s also been recognized as “best anchor” by Associated Press of Ohio and has won awards from the Press Club of Cleveland, Ohio Professional Writers and the National Federation of Press Women.
Amanda got her master’s degree from The University of Akron, where she teaches undergraduate classes in journalism and broadcasting.
Her free time is spent in her flower gardens at her Akron home, along with traveling to see her favorite bands in concert.
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LeBron James became the NBA's points leader Tuesday night. Ideastream's sports commentator Terry Pluto reflects on how Akron played a part in shaping the superstar's early life and historic career. -
At the start of the season, few people gave the Cleveland Guardians a chance of winning the American League Central Division — including commentator Terry Pluto. But, he says baseball’s youngest team embraced an old-school style of play that vaulted them into the postseason. -
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that 25-year-old Jayland Walker’s death has been ruled a homicide by the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office, and that the city of Akron has asked the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to take on the investigation. -
Now that Cleveland's baseball team has selected its new name, our sports commentator Terry Pluto has details behind the process. -
Some parents in Ashtabula County say their kids have fallen behind during remote learning because they lack adequate internet access at home. -
Fans who went to rocker Jack White’ s concert at Jacob’s Pavilion in Cleveland Wednesday night were told to lock up their cell phones or leave them in...
