Isabel Nissley, WVXU
Environment ReporterExpertise: Environment, transportation, housing, local government
Education: Ohio University
Contact: isabel.nissley@cinradio.org
Favorite Tri-State Neighborhood: All of the neighborhoods, but especially ones with interesting places to walk — like the steps from Sawyer Point Park to Mt. Adams.
Highlights
- Environment reporter for WVXU interested in people-centered storytelling
- Experience reporting for local newsrooms in Ohio, Michigan and Oklahoma
- Longtime Cincinnatian and proud Walnut Hills High School alumna
Experience
Isabel joined WVXU in 2024 to cover the environment. Previously, she interned with KOSU Radio in Oklahoma, Interlochen Public Radio in Michigan, and the Athens County Independent and Matter News in Ohio. She received a SPJ Mark of Excellence award for her reporting on the disparate impacts of a power outage on Columbus residents.
Education
Isabel graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
About WVXU
The central pillar of Cincinnati Public Radio’s local network — accounting for the lion’s share of its 211,000 listeners each week — 91.7 WVXU is among the most reliable media institutions in the Tri-State region. Our mission is to always be a trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture, empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.
Why trust us
Our team of reporters and editors have decades of experience writing and reporting the news. Our first responsibility is to our listeners and readers. There is no connection between our funding and editorial decisions. When we do cover a funding partner, a disclosure will be mentioned on-air and online. We take pride in our work, editing and fact-checking every story. If an article warrants a correction, we will immediately correct it and explain the correction for complete transparency.
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The confirmed tornadoes occurred last Thursday near Florence, Williamstown, Maysville and Carroll County, Kentucky, as well as Aurora and Drewersburg, Indiana. -
Butler County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a temporary pause on data center developments, after several townships requested a moratorium. -
The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority and several partners are rehabilitating 18 properties in the historic West Side neighborhood. They cut the ribbon on the first two renovated homes Thursday. -
Rooftop gardens are gaining popularity as cities expand and green, natural habitats decline. University of Dayton biology professor Chelse Prather explores green roofs as habitat for organisms by studying ant communities on rooftop gardens and adjacent ground level habitats in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus. -
Cincinnati and its partners RE-volv, Solar United Neighbors and Faith Communities Go Green will recruit nonprofits to join this summer. -
The week aims to bring people together to discuss climate change and ways to combat its harmful effects in Greater Cincinnati. -
County Commissioners served a notice of intent to sue under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Tuesday. It alleges the plant’s former and current owners violated the federal environmental law while storing coal combustion residual waste in contact with groundwater. -
George Leikauf is co-director of UC's Center for Collaboration on Climate and Community for Health. He’s leading a study tracking the health of elderly Cincinnatians living without air conditioning during heat waves. -
This summer, Last Mile will study La Soupe's operations, getting to know their food donors, routes and volunteers. Last Mile will start to coordinate some of La Soupe's deliveries this fall. -
When the Trump administration terminated the $7 billion Solar for All program last year, many of the 60 planned solar projects across the country were halted. Cincinnati decided to build its 10 megawatt solar array anyway.
