Sarah Scinto | WVIA News
Host - Morning EditionSarah Scinto is one of the original members of the WVIA News team, joining 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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January is Human-Trafficking Awareness Month. Bloomsburg native Kate Price gave the keynote address at the NEPA Task Force Against Human Trafficking’s conference Thursday in Monroe County. -
This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and rural government reporter Isabela Weiss talk about the return of birds to the Pennsylvania Farm Show — and how agricultural leaders say they've gotten the 2022 Bird Flu outbreak under control. -
The classical definition of classic literature refers to the great works of ancient civilizations like Greece or Rome. But that has evolved to include any works that have endured over time thanks to timeless themes and cultural significance. -
While the National Weather Service had low to moderate confidence in snow total predictions on Thursday, models showed Northeast Pennsylvania has a 70% chance of getting 12 or more inches of snow when a winter storm barrels through the region on Sunday. -
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held his first ‘Eat Real Food’ rally Wednesday in Harrisburg. Gov. Josh Shapiro pushed back against the visit on social media. -
The Wayne County Commissioners said Friday they shelved plans to build a $6 million agricultural center next to a proposed YMCA in Cherry Ridge Twp. -
Award-winning musician John Legend will return to Northeast Pennsylvania this spring to perform in downtown Wilkes-Barre. -
More than 200 volunteers, from youth groups to the state’s first Black lieutenant governor, crafted fringe blankets and donated food for the Blankets & Broth event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. -
Governor Josh Shapiro joined a roundtable discussion about substance abuse prevention and recovery in Tunkhannock on Thursday. Shapiro, along with the state secretary of health and secretary of alcohol and drug programs, were there to learn what works in the Wyoming County community, and how the state could do better. -
NEWS VOICES: This week, WVIA's Sarah Scinto and Lydia McFarlane discuss a recent study from Penn State University that found a hotspot of melanoma cases in Central Pennsylvania counties with or near farmland.
