Roger DuPuis | WVIA News
Deputy Editor / ReporterDeputy editor/reporter Roger DuPuis joined WVIA News in February 2024. His 25 years of experience in journalism include work as a reporter and editor in Pennsylvania and New York. His beat assignments over those decades have ranged from breaking news, local government and politics, to business, healthcare, and transportation. He has a lifelong interest in urban transit, particularly light rail, and authored a book about Philadelphia's trolley system.
He has won statewide awards for his work at WVIA, including his stories about Pennsylvania’s new distracted driving law and the impact of pharmacy benefit managers on community pharmacies around the state, and was part of the WVIA News team that received a 2025 Keystone Professional Media Award for Excellence in Reporting on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. His contribution to that effort was a story on women in Pennsylvania politics.
You can email Roger at rogerdupuis@wvia.org
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EXCLUSIVE: Union Pacific welcomed WVIA News into the cab of Big Boy 4014 as the steam locomotive traveled between Sayre, Pa., and Owego, N.Y., Friday on a cross-country tour set to enter NEPA on Saturday. -
Roger and Bob are in the WVIA podcast studio, leading off this week with high school softball and baseball as multiple teams from Northeast Pennsylvania reached the state finals. -
Here's your Scranton-area survival guide for the arrival of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Steamtown National Historic Site. Hints: Be patient, expect crowds, be safe and don't trespass. -
Williamsport author Marjorie Maddox's newest book is about Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey, her great-granduncle who helped end baseball's color barrier by hiring Black player Jackie Robinson. -
Pennsylvania's distracted driving law, known as Paul Miller's Law, is fully enforceable as of today, Friday, June 5, 2026. That means police can begin writing tickets for using a handheld interactive mobile device while driving. -
Roger and Bob talk about three local teams in play at the boys and girls lacrosse state quarterfinals in Emmaus, including Crestwood’s girls, and the boys from Abington Heights and Scranton Prep boys and girls. -
Longtime broadcaster George Graham to receive Cavalcade’s inaugural Champion of Jazz Award "for his extraordinary contributions to jazz broadcasting, recording, and promotion over more than five decades at WVIA Radio." -
Letters from War: 1861,' draws on firsthand correspondence from Coal Region soldiers published in their NEPA hometown newspapers during the first year of the U.S. Civil War. -
WVIA's Roger DuPuis and Fox 56's Bob Ide are in the WVIA podcast studio this week talking about hockey, high school lacrosse and the death of a NASCAR star in his prime. -
Two big names with the New York Yankees have been making headlines with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: Gerrit Cole and George Lombard Jr. Bob Ide talks with them and looks ahead to the 2026 PIAA state track and field championships.
