Sandy Hausman
Charlottesville Bureau ChiefSandy Hausman joined the Radio IQ team in 2008 after living and working in Chicago for 30 years. Since then, she's won numerous national and regional awards for her prolific coverage of the environment, criminal justice, research and happenings at the University of Virginia. Sandy is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. Contact Sandy at shausman@vt.edu.
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The next congressional election is more than a year away, but a second Democrat has stepped up to say he will challenge Republican John McGuire in the fifth district. As Sandy Hausman reports, he’s a Navy veteran who claims to understand the anger many people feel. -
This summer, thousands of Virginians have taken part in protests – carrying signs and chanting. In Charlottesville, about a dozen women are doing something more dramatic, taking their theatrical production to the streets. -
Virginia is a hot spot for Lyme disease – an infection spread by the deer tick, and residents of this state have also been diagnosed with other tick borne illnesses like Rocky Mountain spotted fever and ehrlichia. Now, doctors report another condition spread by ticks, and they say it’s important to be on the lookout. -
College students were central to protests over the war in Vietnam, and young people were front and center in the civil rights movement, but most of those who have turned out for recent protests against Trump administration policies have been older adults. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine recently met with students in Charlottesville and urged them to get involved. -
Large public radio stations in big cities are expected to weather the financial crisis created by federal budget cuts, but the loss of funding may be more difficult for small stations here in the Commonwealth. As Sandy Hausman reports, those stations provide essential information during emergencies and have important ties to their communities. -
Earlier this year, Governor Glenn Youngkin freed a former police officer from Fairfax County. He was convicted of killing an unarmed Black man suspected of shoplifting. Now, the family of another Black man is asking Youngkin to show some compassion for them. -
People love to celebrate, and there are holidays for just about every imaginable reason. This month alone there were days to honor caviar, UFOs, video games, corn fritters and vanilla ice cream. Today, the world salutes snakes. -
There’s new leadership at the University of Virginia – Rector Rachel Sheridan heads the Board of Visitors, which will choose the school’s next president. She met with the faculty senate on Zoom last week and left after a tense exchange. -
It’s summer, and that means trouble for some of the state’s oldest prisons. Some still lack air conditioning, and even those with AC may not be keeping cool. Sandy Hausman reports on conditions at the Green Rock Correctional Center in Pittsylvania County. -
Officials say it’s likely that hackers were able to get personal information about school and county employees and could have accessed the names, dates of birth and social security numbers of local residents.
