Allie Vugrincic
Multi Media ReporterAllie Vugrincic has been a radio reporter at WOSU 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 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 host for All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
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 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 WOSU 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 WOSU's State of Religion series.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentThe roughly half-mile, $9 million section of trail takes runners, walkers and bicyclists over the Olentangy River on bridges instead of neighborhood streets. -
The suit was filed by the family of Donovan Lewis, a Black man who was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer. The case alleges systemic racism in the police department. Brian Steel, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge 9, is weighing in regarding the suit. -
The city will hold a public meeting on the proposed rate increases from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at Columbus City Hall, which is located at 90 West Broad Street. -
CAPA plans to preserve a lot of the building’s history, while making it an ideal place for bands, comedians, dancers and others to perform. -
A Columbus City building inspection report lists structural and water damage, and says plaster is falling from the ceilings. The large manor was built in 1852. -
"Maybe you don't have a candidate that really speaks to you or that really, you know, makes your heart beat faster, but that doesn't mean that the issues that are important to you aren't represented in some way or another," said Charlie Stewart of Franklinton. -
Equality Ohio said in a statement that it's "not the first to be faced with the reality of downsizing as nonprofit organizations continue to face funding threats nationwide." -
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther called the local resources a "short-term approach to a crisis," and said it was up to the federal government to fully fund food assistance. -
Business & EconomyThe relationship between Honda and Ohio State University first started in the late 1980s, when the automaker bought the Transportation Research Center from the state. -
Opponents of Oak Run Solar in Madison County argued in front of the Ohio Supreme Court that the Ohio Power Siting Board accepted an incomplete application.
