ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Amelia Robinson

Amelia Robinson is a reporter, columnist and podcaster for the Dayton Daily News and Dayton.com.

Robinson is an Oregon District resident who has been covering the Dayton community for 20 years. She covers topics including dining, nightlife, entertainment and the people, places and things that make Dayton a great place to live, work and play.

She is the host of the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi award-nominated podcast "What Had Happened Was …" about the people and places of Dayton.

She has been the author of the Smart Mouth column for the Dayton Daily News for 15 years. The column, which appears in Sunday’s Dayton Daily News Life & Arts section, was recognized as the best newspaper column in Ohio in 2019.

Robinson appears on WHIO Radio’s “Miami Valley Morning News” every Friday and “Miami Valley Happenings with Jason Michaels” every Sunday.

She also is president and a founding member of the Greater Dayton Association of Black Journalists. She also serves on the boards of the Dayton Sister City Committee and Oregon Historic District Society.

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