Karen Hendricks hosts WITF’s Morning Edition, heard weekdays from 5-9am. She enjoys navigating the news of the day with listeners, weaving together WITF’s compelling regional coverage with NPR’s unbiased reporting from around the globe—while simultaneously being a reliable, friendly voice as your morning companion.
Karen is an award-winning, lifelong journalist. Her work has garnered more than 20 state and national journalism awards. Her true passion is bringing stories of everyday heroes to light: Her story about a weekend warrior pulling trash out of the Susquehanna River, for the York Daily Record, earned a national first-place award from the Society for Features Journalism.
A Philadelphia-area native and Lock Haven University graduate, Karen has called Central Pennsylvania home for 30+ years. She’s worked for media outlets throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region and Central Pennsylvania, including Harrisburg, Lancaster, York and Gettysburg.
She considers her family and three adult children her brightest, best accomplishments. She and her husband enjoy exploring our national and state parks. She’s writing a memoir about running 50 races to benefit 50 causes when she was 50.
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Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
How does the Susquehanna River define our landscape? We explore the river with Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
She highlights state parks that border or overlook the Susquehanna, provides lots of trail inspo – both on land and water, and she also addresses many threats the river currently faces.
It’s a wide-ranging overview of the Susquehanna, what makes it special, how to get started exploring it and how we can protect it.
Susquehanna Scout, hosted by journalist Karen Hendricks, is a weekly podcast by WITF that explores the Susquehanna River and its ripple effects across Pennsylvania and beyond.
