Amanda Rabinowitz
All Things Considered hostAmanda Rabinowitz has been a reporter, host and producer at WKSU since 2007. After serving as WKSU's Morning Edition host for a dozen years, she moved to afternoons in March of 2022 to become the local host of All Things Considered. In addition to providing local news and weather, she interviews Terry Pluto of Cleveland.com for a weekly commentary about Northeast Ohio's sports scene called The View From Pluto. She also hosts and produces Shuffle, a podcast focusing on Northeast Ohio’s music scene.
Amanda has been honored by the Radio-Television Digital News Association with a national Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting for her story about painkiller addiction in college sports. She’s also been recognized as “best anchor” by Associated Press of Ohio and has won awards from the Press Club of Cleveland, Ohio Professional Writers and the National Federation of Press Women.
Amanda got her master’s degree from The University of Akron. She teaches at Kent State University’s School of Media and Journalism and is the advisor for Kent State’s college radio station, Black Squirrel Radio.
-
Commentator Terry Pluto reflects on Jack Graney's 14 years as a Cleveland baseball player, and 22 years as the team's beloved broadcaster. -
Commentator Terry Pluto explains how the Browns assessed the risk of signing Watson, and how the fan base is reacting to the suspension.
-
Music journalist Rob Harvilla revisits the songs that scored his teenage and college years in Northeast Ohio with a popular podcast called “60 Songs that Explain the ‘90s.”
-
Sports commentator Terry Pluto reflects on the journey of Jimmy Donovan, the longtime Cleveland TV sports broadcaster and Browns radio play-by-play announcer.
-
Commentator Terry Pluto is urging the NFL to investigate the Houston Texans for their alleged role regarding sexual misconduct allegations against DeShaun Watson.
-
The spotlight is on local clubs during Independent Venue Week, but pandemic struggles continue as venue owners look for new ways to draw in crowds and support.
-
The Cleveland Guardians will have three All-Stars at next week’s game in Los Angeles. Sports commentator Terry Pluto says players like José Ramírez, Andrés Giménez and Emmanuel Clase show the that the front office has an eye for talent.
-
In the last two weeks, the team drafted an NBA-ready college standout and signed two key players to contract extensions.
-
Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by Akron police following a car chase early Monday.
-
Northeast Ohio journalist Eric Sandy is releasing an expanded version of an oral history he wrote in 2016 on the defunct Cleveland venue Speak In Tongues. The book will be released in July and details the significance and lasting impact of the underground club.
