Joseph Leahy | The Texas Newsroom
Joseph Leahy anchors morning newscasts for NPR's statewide public radio collaborative, Texas Newsroom. He began his career in broadcast journalism as a reporter for St. Louis Public Radio in 2011. The following year, he helped launch Delaware's first NPR station, WDDE, as an afternoon newscaster and host. Leahy returned to St. Louis in 2013 to anchor local newscasts during All Things Considered and produce news on local and regional issues. In 2016, he took on a similar role as the local Morning Edition newscaster at KUT in Austin, before moving over to the Texas Newsroom.
Leahy has a master’s degree in journalism from Emerson College and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Missouri. He grew up migrating almost annually with his parents and four siblings between rural northwest Missouri and the suburbs of Los Angeles.
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The latest surge in COVID-19 cases has upended postseason plans for a number of college football programs in Texas.
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University of Texas at Austin researchers project a statewide surge in coronavirus cases over the next few weeks will outpace the nation as a whole.
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The Texas Workforce Commission reports statewide employment reached a new high in November, while the unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 5.2%.
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A wildfire driven by extreme wind has consumed roughly 23,000 acres of grassland in Carson County since Wednesday.
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Dozens of candidates filed to run for statewide offices ahead of the Dec. 13 deadline.
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Travis Scott says he was unaware of the deaths and injuries during his Astroworld Festival concert and blames production professionals for not stopping the show.
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Texas public health officials are ramping up efforts to track the COVID-19 omicron variant after the first confirmed case in Harris County.
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Texans have more and cheaper 2022 health insurance plans to choose from on healthcare.gov.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports Texas factory activity continued to pick up speed in November, but manufacturers expect supply chain disruptions to persist well into 2022.
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The Texas Medical Association is urging people to get flu shots due to concerns flu season could be worse this year with fewer people masking and crowds gathering again.
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The Texas Workforce Commission reports the state’s share of unemployed workers shrank to 5.4% in October, down from 5.6% in September.
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Despite the spread of the more contagious delta variant, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas finds businesses were better prepared for the surge in COVID-19 cases Texas faced during the summer and fall.