Anna Huntsman
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Government, Akron politics, health care, audio editing, podcasting
Education: Kent State University - Bachelor of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Franklin Mills Riveredge Park in Downtown Kent
Experience:
Anna Huntsman covers Akron, Canton and surrounding communities for Ideastream Public Media. She reported on health news during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that, Anna was a Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellow at Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, where she traveled the country reporting on natural disaster recovery. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR, and in the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Associated Press. She began her career in public radio as an intern at WKSU.
Highlights:
- 2023 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors, Best Reporter
- 2023 Cleveland Press Club, First Place In-Depth Coverage - “Is Akron following the rules in homeless encampment sweeps? Advocates raise concerns”
- Akron Press Club board member
- Kent State University adjunct professor
- Panelist and moderator for debates and forums, including 2023 Akron Mayoral Debate & Canton Mayoral Debate
Why trust Ideastream Public Media?
The mission of Ideastream Public Media is to be a trustworthy and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us. Our highest priority is providing news and information that is reliable and accurate, that is gathered with integrity and professional care and that is presented with precision and respect for the intelligence of our audiences. We are transparent about how we discover and verify the facts we present and strive to make our decision-making process clear to the public. We disclose relationships, such as with partners or funders, that might appear, but will never, influence our coverage.
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Schuring served in multiple roles in the Ohio Statehouse since the 1990s. -
The board gave an update on its work over the past year, including its recommendations for the city's new contract with the police union. -
Creighton made history as the first, and so far, only female mayor of Canton. She has served as a Stark County Commissioner since 2011. -
Democrats won most of the contested races in the county. One charter amendment passed while another failed, according to unofficial results from the Summit County Board of Elections. -
Sykes defeated Coughlin with just over 51% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State's office. -
While Trump is ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris by seven percentage points, Brown leads Moreno by two points, according to a new poll from the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. -
The Summit County Board of Elections remained deadlocked on party lines in a hearing. -
After nearly a decade of covering elections, Ideastream Public Media's Anna Huntsman reflects on her early years as a collegiate journalist. -
Akron police auditor Anthony Finnell has challenged a use-of-force incident previously cleared by a police supervisor. -
Two officers forcibly arrested the student after he tried to push past them near Firestone Community Learning Center's metal detectors on Oct. 16, video shows.
