Kate O'Connell
Reporter, Innovation Trail, Finger LakesWXXI/Finger Lakes Reporter for the Innovation Trail
Kate O’Connell comes to WXXI from Melbourne, Australia, and studied journalism at Royal Melboure Institute of Technology.
During her studies, Kate was a freelance journalist, reporting from Nepal and Haiti, and worked with the media team of the United Nations partner group, International Organization for Migration.
Kate's experience also includes work for the Shepparton News, Australian Broadcasting Company, Melbourne’s Channel 31, RRR radio and WIN television.
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High school students in upstate New York watched as a rocket carrying one of their science experiments was launched Thursday. Its destination is the… -
In his annual State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined a major initiative to ramp up New York’s capacity for dealing with natural… -
Researchers in upstate New York have created an app that will allow users to test their cholesterol levels through a blood sample that’s analyzed directly… -
The desire for familiar food, clothing, and other products from home is spurring refugee communities in upstate New York to start their own businesses. In… -
The state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) is coming under fire yet again with claims that the body’s proceedings lack transparency.A group of elected…
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Many of New York’s power stations are reaching the end of their operating lives, with coal-fired plants becoming less viable from both a business and… -
Chemicals used in the process of hydraulic fracturing can disrupt the body’s normal hormone function according to new research published recently in the…
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In a handful of labs around the U.S., researchers are creating human tissue from stem cells and manipulating them to replicate the functions of human… -
New York state’s economic development programs lack transparency and accountability at a regional level, according to a new report released Monday by the… -
Researchers from Clarkson University are gearing up to study the impacts of water pollution on property values across 26 counties in upstate New…
