WVXU’s Becca Costello on Cincinnati’s sewer system

The Sierra Club Miami Group Educational Forum is pleased to welcome Becca Costello of WVXU. Becca recently reported, produced, and co-hosted the Backed Up podcast about Cincinnati’s complicated sewer system, which the Atlantic magazine named one of the best 20 podcasts of 2024. She will be discussing the creation of podcast series followed by a Q&A session.

Becca Costello is WVXU’s Local Government Reporter, focusing primarily on Cincinnati City Hall. She has worked at Cincinnati Public Radio for about four years and previously worked in public radio and television in Lincoln, Nebraska and in Bloomington, Indiana. Becca has earned numerous awards for her reporting, including from the Heartland Emmys, local chapters of the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists, and contributed to regional and national Murrow Award winners. She grew up in Clermont County listening to WVXU and considers public radio journalism her dream job.

When: 7 PM Monday, December 1, 2025
Where: Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, Geier Room, 103 William Howard Taft Road, Cincinnati, Ohio

Free parking behind church. Join us 6:30 PM for a meet & greet. Program starts at 7 PM. You may also register to attend virtually here.