Olivia Ebertz

Metro Desk Reporter

Olivia Ebertz comes to The Public’s Radio from WNYC, where she was a producer for Morning Edition. Prior to that, she spent two years reporting for KYUK in Bethel, Alaska, where she wrote a lot about how the warming climate is forcing local Indigenous communities to change their traditional lifeways.

Prior to her career as a journalist, Olivia worked in film. Her documentaries have screened at festivals worldwide.

Olivia likes to pursue stories inspired by questions from community members.
Ella habla español, lei parla italiano, и она говорит по-русски.

oebertz@ripr.org

Recently published
Nearly 700 medical residents with Brown University Health are now unionized with the Committee of Residents and Interns Union under the Service Employees International Union. The residents hope the union can help raise their wages and benefits
Providence wants to enlist the legislature to help it take back its schools on July 1, find ways to cover its budget deficit, and get developers to build more housing in the city
Early next year, the Providence City Plan Commission will begin discussing some of its more divisive zoning ordinances related to the new comprehensive plan – the city’s official vision for how Providence’s built environment should look over the next decade
The U.S. Attorney for the state of Rhode Island announced an agreement with the state over the alleged hundreds of children who have been sequestered in psychiatric wards without a valid medical reason
The proposed ordinance changes reflect the city’s vision for increased housing density. The City Plan Commission is set to discuss more contentious topics at a meeting in early 2025