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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Russell Sage College President Matthew Shaftel, who co-chairs the Capital Region Higher Ed Alliance, discussed the initiative with WAMC’s Andrew Waite. -
With a Schenectady VA clinic set to close in August, New York Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is calling on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to reverse course. -
WAMC’s Andrew Waite in conversation with Ivan Lajara, Senior Editor of The Daily Freeman, about Kingston lawmakers' call to exempt some housing projects from environmental reviews -
After a NYSERDA memo made public last month showed that New York’s climate law could cost New York households thousands of dollars on average, state leaders are reportedly mulling changes to the law. WAMC’s Andrew Waite spoke with Kate Courtin, the senior manager of state climate policy and strategy at the Environmental Defense Fund, beginning with what she thinks the NYSERDA memo gets wrong. -
WAMC's Andrew Waite in conversation with Maha Ahmed, senior editor at New York Focus, about a new guide to the 2026 New York state budget fight. -
WAMC's Andrew Waite in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at The Times Union, about a new resolution the city of Albany attempting to cut down on drag racing. -
Last month, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy announced that the county was seeking partners to help develop the site of a former McDonald’s on South Pearl Street into a terminal that would serve regional carriers like Greyhound, Adirondack Trailways and Peter Pan. But District 6 Albany County Legislator Dannielle Hille is now calling for a thoughtful community review of the proposal. She discussed her concerns with WAMC's Andrew Waite. -
WAMC’s Andrew Waite spoke with Rachael Fauss, senior policy advisor for Reinvent Albany, about the nonprofit's recent analysis of New York's FOIL responses. -
The New York Public News Network's Jimmy Vielkind discuses the governor's address — and reaction to it. -
New York Rep. Paul Tonko joined dozens of House Democrats in signing onto impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
