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Eric Weddle
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Managing Editor, Education, WFYI-TV (Indianapolis, IN)
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Biography
Eric Weddle is an education reporter with WFYI Public Media. Since 2009 he’s reported on K-12 and higher education issues in Indiana. In 2014 he won the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors' best overall state news writing award as part of a reporting team for a multi-part investigation about Indiana's day care system. He was also a recipient of the APME's 2013 first place award for deadline reporting about the selection of Mitch Daniels as Purdue University president. In 2010 he covered the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden for state newspapers. Since 1999 Weddle has worked for newspapers and weeklies in Indiana and North Carolina, including The Indianapolis Star, Lafayette Journal & Courier and The Independent. He has been published in national magazines, such as The New Yorker and Punk Planet.
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By Eric Weddle Verified| WFYI-TV (Indianapolis, IN) Verified A towering portrait of Tamika Catchings is set to join the Mass Ave neighborhood, and the community has a chance to help weigh in on the final design. The Indy Arts Council and the WNBA All-Star 2025 Host Committee are commissioning a mural of Catchings, the Indiana Fever icon. It’s expected to be unveiled this summer as Indianapolis hosts the WNBA All-Star Game, July 18-19.
By Eric Weddle Verified| WFYI-TV (Indianapolis, IN) Verified April 4, 2025 The plan to divide local property tax revenue between traditional school districts and charter schools is now part of the Indiana House Republican push for property tax relief. Late Friday, House Speaker Todd Huston announced the controversial school funding language from Senate Bill 518 would be folded into an amendment for the reform package in Senate Bill 1. “We think it is clearly consistent with our policies,” Huston said at a press briefing at the Statehouse.
By Eric Weddle Verified| WFYI-TV (Indianapolis, IN) Verified A towering portrait of Tamika Catchings is set to join the Mass Ave neighborhood, and the community has a chance to help weigh in on the final design. The Indy Arts Council and the WNBA All-Star 2025 Host Committee are commissioning a mural of Catchings, the Indiana Fever icon. It’s expected to be unveiled this summer as Indianapolis hosts the WNBA All-Star Game, July 18-19.
Company Info
WFYI-TV (Indianapolis, IN)
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
+1 317-636-2020