Andrew Waite
News DirectorAndrew Waite is WAMC’s news director. His journalism career dates to 2009, when he was a cub reporter for community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He has since worked as an editor at the inflight magazine for Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and as the featured news columnist for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady. Andrew has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University, an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University and is a proud Albany High School graduate. He's honored to be back home helping to cover news in the Capital Region, where he lives with his wife, daughter and son.
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It's the day after Election Day, where Democrats across the country made big gains to capture the House and Senate. On this episode, Northeast Notebook hosts Sam Dingman and Aaron Shellow-Lavine are joined by WAMC News Director Andrew Waite to discuss some of the region's most high-profile electoral contests. Northeast Notebook features in-depth regional reporting, bringing you the context behind what everybody’s talking about. Ten minutes a day, every weekday, ready by 5 p.m., just in time for your commute. You can subscribe to Northeast Notebook on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. -
Mail-in voting has come under attack this election season, as President Donald Trump has insisted it's rife with fraud.With all of this as a backdrop, Berkshire Eagle reporter Tara Monastesse recently visited the place where Pittsfield securely stores its ballots, and described what she saw to WAMC's Andrew Waite. -
In Pittsfield, city leaders have opted to rename the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion department to the Office of Equity, Access and Opportunity. WAMC's Andrew Waite spoke with The Berkshire Eagle's Tara Monastesse about the rationale that Mayor Peter Marchetti and Chief Diversity Officer Michael Obasohan gave for the name change — and the community discussion that ensued. -
Students from SUNY Orange have been working to excavate ancient mastodon bones first discovered in 2024. -
A recent surge in ICE activity in Vermont has targeted roofing and construction workers. That's according to reporting in Seven Days by Lucy Tompkins, who discussed the issue with WAMC's Andrew Waite. -
In the height of summer tourism season in 2024, a family of bears was euthanized in the heart of an Adirondack hamlet. WAMC's Andrew Waite spoke with Adirondack Explorer reporter Brianna Kimmel about the tensions — and solutions — that followed. -
This week, the town of Bethlehem took the unprecedented step of closing a private senior residence — the Albany Center for Independent Living in Delmar. WAMC's Andrew Waite spoke with Town Supervisor David VanLuven about the decision. -
Ahead of Father’s Day, WAMC’s Andrew Waite spoke with Troy Grant — the state’s first full-time fatherhood policy adviser. -
The Pine Hills Neighborhood Association is calling for a plan on the sale of some 50 homes on the former Saint Rose campus. -
Bard College President Leon Botstein announced his retirement Friday following fallout over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
