Allie Vugrincic
Multi Media ReporterAllie Vugrincic has been a radio reporter at WOSU 89.7 NPR News since March 2023.
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 WOSU, 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 All Things Considered and (sometimes reluctant) fill-in Morning Edition host.
Allie graduated from Denison University with a Bachelor’s degree in cinema.
She also holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from University College Cork in Ireland. There, her favorite pastime was “castlehunting,” or searching for ruins of castles and monasteries and visiting ancient sites, usually on her trusty bicycle. Several of Allie’s 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’ film sets when she finds the time.
Allie holds second-place feature writing and third-place explanatory writing awards from the Ohio AP Media Editors Awards. She looks forward to someday winning a first-place award to complete the set.
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Columbus Police say Marcus Williamson handed a bank teller a note saying he had a gun and demanded money. Williamson, 25, is a former OSU defensive back.
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Business & EconomyThe University Impact Design Review Board approved zoning variances for a proposed apartment tower at 9th Avenue and High Street and another large development on 16th Avenue.
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In October, Aaron Portzline shared that he was in kidney failure because of a genetic disease. He will get a new kidney on Friday thanks to a Blue Jackets employee.
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The four-day film festival kicks off Wednesday and features 45 shorts, feature films and documentaries. Sixteen of the films were shot in Ohio.
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The state legislature created the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio's first official state parks in 1949.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe rest stop is decorated with the colors and themes of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which became Ohio's first World Heritage Site in September.
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The Linden branch will be the 15th of Columbus Metropolitan Library’s 23 locations to be rebuilt or renovated. The previous project, the Reynoldsburg branch, is scheduled to open next Wednesday.
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Business & EconomyMore than $33.4 million is available in the next round of state funding for feature films, TV series and theater productions.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, surveyed more than 1,400 Columbus 11 to 17-year-olds between 2014 and 2016
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Rhonda Coomes, 53, of Randor, was already accused of hitting a 10-month-old girl in the face with her palm six times using a hard plastic diaper wipe container.