is WKSU's local host for NPR's Morning Edition. Her responsibilities include writing and presenting newscasts from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the top and bottom of each hour, Monday through Friday. At other times throughout the hour, she engages and connects with WKSU's audience, weaving in additional news, weather and other helpful information for the station's 22-county broadcast area (including Akron, Cleveland and Canton.) She also produces two regular features for Morning Edition: - a weekly conversation with Cleveland Plain Dealer sports writer Terry Pluto and - WKSU's regular spin through Northeast Ohio's music scene.