Ngozi Cole
Business & Economics ReporterNgozi Cole is the Business and Economics Reporter for WYSO. She graduated with honors from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York and is a 2022 Pulitzer Center Post-Graduate Reporting Fellow. Ngozi is from Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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A French global automotive company is shutting down its Troy plant, affecting 60 employees.
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Honda EV Hub in Ohio will produce petrol, hybrid-electric and battery electric vehicles on the same manufacturing line.
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Montgomery County is introducing an outreach team for people who lost a loved one to suicide. The team will dispatch two volunteers at a time to support those after a loved one's suspected suicide death.
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Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine is starting a new addiction medicine program.The one-year fellowship will support physicians to treat those struggling with substance use. The fellows this year are Dr. Michael Bess and Dr. Armika Collins.
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It’s been ten years since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. In Dayton, local activists talked this week about police reform and racial discrimination.
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An electric vehicle transport company is opening in Dayton.
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Ohio and Montgomery County have long had disparities in infant and maternal mortality rates. How are local groups working to address this? WYSO's Ngozi Cole speaks with Black doulas, doctors and policy makers on how this issue is being addressed.
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Global Medical Response, a Texas-based ambulance services firm, will shut down its Dayton-area locations this year, affecting over 70 employees.
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The Ohio Department of Aging is hosting town hall meetings across the state. It’s to hear from people about their experiences with assisted living facilities. The agency made a stop in Dayton, where attendees raised various concerns about quality of care and affordability.
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Wednesday in Montgomery County, the health department hosted Overdose Awareness Day.It was to honor the lives of those lost to overdose and share resources to those who need help.