Jenna Flanagan, WMHT
@JFlanNYSWMHT/Capital Region Reporter for the Innovation Trail
Jenna first knew she was destined for a career in journalism after following the weekly reports of the Muppet News Flash as a child. In high school she wrote for her student newspaper and attended a journalism camp at SUNY New Paltz, her Hudson Valley hometown. Jenna then went on to study communications and journalism at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ where she earned her Bachelor of Arts.
In 1999, Jenna took her first job in the business as a Production Assistant for 1010WINS eventually working her way up to assistant editor. Working in a busy New York newsroom, she quickly learned what it takes to churn out a factual, engaging and newsworthy story on deadline.
From there she took her first on-air position at WBGO, Newark Public Radio and began a lifelong love of public broadcasting. After WBGO, Jenna spent 6 ½ years writing, reporting and producing All Things Considered for WNYC in New York City. Her work has also aired nationally on NPR.
Her television reports can be seen on WMHT's award-winning public affairs show, New York NOW, which airs on PBS stations statewide.
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When is a thing not just a thing?When it’s elevated beyond normal everyday use. Discovering that new level of ‘thinginess’ was the subject of SUNY New… -
Protecting New York’s food supply includes more than farmers and land. It means protecting the pollinating insects that allow plants to reproduce and… -
What is progress?It’s an open-ended concept that depends entirely on who you ask.After the financial crash of 2008, Emily Puthoff was moved to travel the… -
When President Obama named Michelle Lee as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, she became the first woman to hold that position in… -
There was a palpable tension in the packed room at the Arbor Hill Community Center. The meeting was originally organized by Albany Common Council member… -
The state’s Gaming Facility Location Board is on the road gathering public comment on new casino proposals, and it was a full house during hearings at the… -
Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running mate Kathy Hochul beat off a challenge from two law school professors in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. But,… -
To the rest of the world New York is a city, an urban jungle of towering skyscrapers and international culture. But north of the city, New York, the… -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfwxGXAYi9A&feature=youtu.beOn February 1st, Governor Cuomo launched a training program designed to develop a Citizen… -
It was the ‘POP’ heard round the world when super inflated housing bubble burst in 2008. Much of the blame was placed on overzealous lenders and…
