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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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. -
For National Foster Care Month, which begins today, Moynihan spoke with WAMC’s Andrew Waite about how her history informs her work — and how her job has changed her perspective. -
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.
