Emma Jacobs
Reporter, WRVOFormer WRVO/Central New York reporter for the Innovation Trail.
Emma Jacobs is a native of Boston. She studied history, so she went for more practical training in public radio at NPR member-stations WNYC and WBUR. She helped shape Wired's Haiti Rewired project, a 2010 Knight Batten Innovations in Journalism Awards notable initiative.
She's contributed to NPR's National Desk, and to Living on Earth, The Environment Report, Only a Game, Voice of America, and Word of Mouth. She now reports for WHYY in Philadelphia.
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For Labor Day we thought we’d take you for a deeper plunge into one of our summer reading recommendations, The Nature of New York: An Environmental…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-984554.mp3The 800 pound butter sculpture of a traditional farm scene (seen here on the…
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A quiet August weekend in your Trail Mix - well, perhaps not. More than 400,000 New Yorkers without power from Hurricane Irene.No lines at the State Fair.…
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Hurricane Irene is set to pass through seven major airports this weekend.That's going to make this a busy weekend for businesses that cater to…
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) now estimates that 40 times more gas is waiting to be recovered from the Marcellus Shale than it had thought.The new…
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When Governor Andrew Cuomo pulled together the central New York regional council on the economy, he tapped business leaders and university presidents, to…
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As part of our story about landmen in the Marcellus Shale, we spoke with Chris Csikszentmihályi, who co-created the "Landman Report Card" project.But…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-982896.mp3If you listen above, you'll hear co-chair of the Capital Region economic…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-982862.mp3JOHN YDSTIE, host: Honey, Stop The Car! - that's what we've been calling our…
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At yesterday's meeting of the Empire State Development Corporation board - the agency that helps fund economic development projects in New York - ESD…