Adriana Martinez-Smiley
Environment & Indigenous Affairs ReporterExpertise: Environment, energy, climate change, Indigenous affairs, PFAS, water management and conservation
Email: [email protected]
Cell phone: 937-342-2905
Adriana Martinez-Smiley (she/they) is the Environment and Indigenous Affairs Reporter for WYSO.
Adriana's in-depth reporting at WYSO ranges from an investigation into battery burning in Piqua, to an exploration of the hydrogen economy, to a deep dive into the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
She also coordinates with The Ohio Newsroom and other environment reporters around Ohio to expand the impact of their reporting.
They grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and graduated from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism in June 2023.
Before joining WYSO, her work has been featured in New Hampshire Public Radio, WBEZ Chicago and Chicago PBS (WTTW).
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With more recent regulatory scrutiny to PFAS chemicals, the Dayton region’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is trying to mitigate community exposure from its historic use of these compounds. -
Culture Works is a Dayton organization that supports the region's arts communities. It recently lost an NEA grant amid sweeping Trump administration cost cutting. -
Dayton completed an archaeological survey of a site known as Lichliter Village, formerly settled by Native Americans over 1,000 years ago. The artifacts found are now in the care of the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery. -
City and park officials cited health and public safety concerns over the encampment of unhoused people developing over the past few months. The city plans to have case managers and clinicians assist. -
The plan to clean up part of the Miami County Superfund site includes removing tons of contaminated soil and filling it with clean materials. -
"St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited: A New View of the Conflict" aims to share Ohio Indigenous history. It's among hundreds of National Endowment for the Humanities grant recipients to lose funds under the Trump administration. -
Eighteen EV chargers are currently available and the rest will be within the next six months. The project partners celebrated with a ceremony at the new charger at the Dayton Metro Library's Trotwood branch. -
The U.S. EPA's Superfund program includes the contaminated Valley Pike VOCs site in Riverside. Groundwater testing may soon identify more homes and businesses eligible for free environmental testing. -
Environmental advocates are among thoes opposing the Ohio House proposal to cut H2Ohio by nearly 45%. This possible change comes as the U.S. EPA and Trump administration also chop funding. -
The Montgomery County Jail Coalition hosted a rally with families whose loved ones have died in county custody within the last two years.
