April Franklin
Weekend Edition host and housing/neighborhoods reporterApril Franklin is the local host of WXXI's Weekend Edition and a reporter covering housing and neighborhood issues.
Before coming to WXXI, April spent 12 years working in the Emergency Department at URMC.
Her passion for community and storytelling led her to earn a bachelor’s degree in journalism and broadcast from SUNY Brockport.
April is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the current vice president of the Rochester Association of Black Journalists.
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Village of Brockport hosts Trail Town Kick off -
A dedication ceremony was held honoring Hester C. Jeffery, one of Rochester's Black activists.
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist "replacement theory" espoused by the shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo.
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Hundreds of people came to downtown Rochester on Saturday for the 2nd weekend in a row, to rally in support of abortion rights.
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Hosea Taylor Jr. was well known in Rochester for his performances at the public market, before his death a few years ago. Now a musician is starting a community band in his honor.
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Some people with disabilities need help around the clock and agencies can provide that in residential home settings. But across the state, agencies are struggling to hire and keep staff.WXXI’s April Franklin has more on how one local agency is trying a new approach to retain employees by helping them with problems that occur outside of work, too.
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A rally in downtown Rochester on Saturday in support of abortion rights drew hundreds of people to Parcel 5 as well as a number of state and local officials, including New York State Health Commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett.
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Hundreds of thousands of animals are euthanized each year due to not being able to find suitable homes for adoption. WXXI’s April Franklin has more on how a Bloomfield couple used the power of social media to find a home for their pet, after learning they could no longer keep him.
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Rochester Mayor Malik Evans says he plans to crack down on illegal use of off-road vehicles.
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The program seeks to bring back housing to areas that were 'redlined' by the federal government in the first half of the 20th century. The discriminatory practice was outlawed, but only after it had displaced Black Americans and eroded generations of wealth building.
