Petrowich Joins NPR Affiliate WYPR/Baltimore

• Baltimore Public Media (BPM), home of NPR affiliate 88.1 WYPR and Triple A 89.7 WTMD, is pleased to announce the addition of Sarah Petrowich to WYPR’s award-winning news team starting Oct. 13.

“It’s more crucial now than ever that we continue to hold public officials accountable and provide in-depth reporting on decisions made in Annapolis that affect our daily lives,” said Danyell Irby, Chief of Content at Baltimore Public Media. “I’m excited that Sarah will bring that needed journalism excellence and ethical reporting to the WYPR news team.”

Petrowich previously covered state politics for Delaware Public Media, producing stories for NPR’s All Things Considered and Here & Now. Petrowich has a degree in journalism and political science from the University of Missouri, where she aided podcast production, general assignment reporting and coverage of the Missouri General Assembly for KBIA/Columbia, MO. She has also done reporting for WUSF/Tampa, and production and social media work for POLITICO Europe in Brussels, Belgium.

“I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to join the news team at WYPR and continue my passion of delivering thoughtful, engaging and thorough statewide political coverage to impacted residents,” Petrowich said. “At a time when public media’s mission of providing trusted, community-focused journalism is under unprecedented threat, I take more pride in this role than ever before. Local government and civic engagement is one of the cornerstones of democracy, and I’m excited to join a community of journalists empowering the Baltimore area through insightful coverage of the policies and political decisions impacting their lives.”