Sarah Scinto | WVIA News
Host - Morning EditionSarah Scinto joined the WVIA News team in January 2022 as a reporter and All Things Considered host. She now hosts Morning Edition on WVIA Radio and WVIA's weekday news podcast Up to Date, along with reporting on the community.
When she's not waking up WVIA Radio listeners in the early morning hours, Scinto can be found chasing stories of people working to uplift their community or diving into some of the latest reading recommendations for her column, BOOKMARKS.
Scinto, a King's College graduate, has covered Northeast Pennsylvania for more than a decade on the radio and in print. Her work has been recognized by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Public Media Journalists Association. Her work at WVIA has been part of winning submissions for Excellence in Reporting on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from PNA, and a national award for Recipes of the Region from PMJA.
You can reach Scinto at sarahscinto@wvia.org or 570-602-1166.
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The world's largest operating steam locomotive is scheduled to arrive in Northeastern Pennsylvania this weekend. The Big Boy is expected to bring crowds and a boost for the local economy. -
Local training programs help runners accomplish their goals, big and small. As runners begin training for the Steamtown Marathon in October, they share why they love the sport amid a rise in registrations for the race. -
An ICE detainee says he was put in solitary confinement and transferred out of state in retaliation for speaking out about conditions. The alleged retaliation came after a protest at Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley Processing Center, ICE’s largest immigrant detention facility in the northeast United States. -
The Arc Angels program will present “Not Just Another Mermaid Tale,” which is based loosely on “The Little Mermaid,” on Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lackawanna College theater. -
U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan said Friday he plans to fight proposed federal Medicaid rules that advocates say may jeopardize treatment for cancer, HIV and other serious illnesses. -
Three restaurants in Lackawanna County now offer a special service - dementia friendly dining. WVIA Healthcare reporter Lydia McFarlane joins WVIA's Sarah Scinto in the podcast studio to explain what that means. -
To unearth some of the best mystery recommendations, Bookmarks reader-in-chief Sarah Scinto turns to the Franklin Street Sleuths book club at the Osterhout Free Library North Branch. -
Students at West Scranton High School now have a place to grieve classmates gone too soon, like Rose Hernandez, who would have graduated this year. -
The state Department of Human Services downgraded the Wayne County Children & Youth Services agency's license after finding many record-keeping deficiencies including some related to a child's death. And learn more about a street medicine mobile clinic in Scranton. -
For most of the country, weekly emergency visits for tick bites are at the highest rates for this time of year since 2017, according to the CDC.That’s also true for Pennsylvania.
