Allie Vugrincic
Multi Media ReporterAllie Vugrincic has been a radio reporter at 星空无限传媒 89.7 NPR News since March 2023 and has been the station's mid-day radio host since January 2025.
She came to Columbus from her hometown of Warren, Ohio, where she was a reporter and photographer for The Tribune Chronicle and Vindicator newspapers. She formally began her newspaper career on Nov. 26, 2018, the day that General Motors announced it was idling its nearby auto production plant in Lordstown. Allie came in to sign paperwork, but stayed to write a story about electric vehicles after a co-worker showed her how to sign onto her computer and use the office phone.
During her four years at the newspaper, Allie covered everything from local government to crime, storm damage, festivals, homelessness counts, maple syrup season (twice) and one ill-fated tree-trimming truck that flipped onto a house. Her favorite photography assignment was joining U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg when he came to view the wreckage of the East Palestine train derailment in February 2023.
At 星空无限传媒, Allie primarily focuses on long-form local radio stories and has particular enthusiasm for education, the environment, the housing crisis and issues that impact the arts. She also enjoys her time on the air as a fill-in host for All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
Allie graduated from Denison University with a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in cinema.
She also holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from University College Cork in Ireland. There, her favorite pastime was 鈥渃astlehunting,鈥� or searching for ruins of castles and monasteries and visiting ancient sites, usually on her trusty bicycle. Several of Allie鈥檚 poems have been published in Irish literary journals, but she would prefer you didn't read them.
Passionate about all forms of storytelling, Allie has dabbled in community theatre, and she still helps out on friends鈥� film sets when she finds the time.
Allie has been recognized by the Ohio APME and the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for her education reporting, featuring writing and explanatory stories. She shares a first-place honor for spot news with her 星空无限传媒 colleague, George Shillcock, for their combined coverage of the fatal 2023 Tusky Valley Schools bus crash in Licking County.
Along with her colleagues, Debbie Holmes, Renee Fox, and Matthew Rand, Allie won a 2025 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for 星空无限传媒's State of Religion series.
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The conference, hosted by Urban Land Institute Columbus, focused on the theme, "What Good is Growth If It鈥檚 Not for All?: Planning Columbus Today and Tomorrow." -
The leadership transition follows Thurber House's successful fundraising campaign last winter. The organization surpassed its $200,000 goal. -
Columbus City Council members say they will be pursuing initiatives under the "Columbus Forward" umbrella as the city grows. -
Amid complaints about noise from existing Amazon data centers in the township and other concerns, trustees unanimously decided to put a moratorium on new data centers. -
A land acknowledgement is a verbal or written statement that recognizes that land was taken from Indigenous people. Ohio State's policy says they are considered statements "on behalf of an issue or cause" and they cannot be given by a university department or at university-sponsored events. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe hospital will stop prescribing gender-affirming medicines to patients, including those who are over 18 and minors who were receiving care, before a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for minors went into effect. -
Since July, the Ohio Department recorded 11 crashes within the I-70 construction area west of Hilliard Rome Road that are categorized as "construction-related." -
Columbus-area animated series scores $2 million in Motion Picture Tax Credits to finish first season"Gabriel and the Guardians" creator Jason Moody of Delaware, Ohio, said he wanted to produce the show with central Ohio talent. -
Queer Beans and Little Gay Bookstore is open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. -
Hurricane Katrina swept across the Gulf Coast 20 years ago, decimating parts of Louisiana. An immersive dance production debuting at Columbus' Wexner Center for the Arts takes Ohioans to a New Orleans nightclub to experience the real stories of the storm's survivors.
