Susquehanna Stories: Meet Photographer Michael Yatsko

August 13, 2026 | 6:00 AM

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  Karen Hendricks/WITF
  
  Karen Hendricks hosts WITF’s Morning Edition, heard weekdays from 5-9am. She enjoys navigating the information of the day with listeners, weaving collectively WITF’s compelling regional protection with NPR’s unbiased reporting from across the globe—whereas concurrently being a dependable, pleasant voice as your morning companion.

  Karen is an award-winning, lifelong journalist. Her work has garnered greater than 20 state and nationwide journalism awards. Her true ardour is bringing tales of on a regular basis heroes to gentle: Her story a few weekend warrior pulling trash out of the Susquehanna River, for the York Daily Record, earned a nationwide first-place award from the Society for Features Journalism.

  A Philadelphia-area native and Lock Haven University graduate, Karen has referred to as Central Pennsylvania house for 30+ years. She’s labored for media retailers all through the Mid-Atlantic Region and Central Pennsylvania, together with Harrisburg, Lancaster, York and Gettysburg.

  She considers her household and three grownup kids her brightest, greatest accomplishments. She and her husband get pleasure from exploring our nationwide and state parks. She’s writing a memoir about working 50 races to learn 50 causes when she was 50.

Nearly each morning, for practically 10 years, Harrisburg-area photographer Michael Yatsko begins his day on City Island, in the course of the Susquehanna River. He captures sunrises illuminating the town skyline, the Susquehanna River and its many bridges.

Susquehanna Scout tags together with Michael Yatsko to search out out what propels him off the bed properly earlier than dawn and attracts him again to the river, time and time once more. 

Find out what City Island wildlife shot is on his want listing and learn the way the Susquehanna River performed a pivotal position in his household historical past.

Photos by Michael Yatsko

Susquehanna Scout, hosted by journalist Karen Hendricks, is a weekly podcast by WITF that explores the Susquehanna River and its ripple results throughout Pennsylvania and past.