Our Local News Challenge
In many cities and towns across the country, newspapers and television stations are becoming a dying breed and in turn, limiting the number of viable options for those seeking unbiased local news, information, and community.
Public Media Is the Solution: 95% of Americans live within range of a public radio signal
To address the local news crisis and to help serve important local and regional news and information to Ohioans, public media organizations across Ohio have partnered to launch The Ohio Newsroom, a formal collaboration of Ohio’s existing network of public radio newsrooms that creates a sustainable model offering news coverage, including stories that may not have otherwise been told.
As the number of local media outlets continues to decline statewide, The Ohio Newsroom is committed to filling those information gaps and securing the funds needed to continue into the future. The Ohio Newsroom mission and structure are the result of research and modeling funded by The George Gund Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for expanding local journalism in Ohio.
Public media organizations in Ohio have been collaborating for decades and have built strong partnerships. Every public radio station that broadcasts NPR in Ohio is invited to join The Ohio Newsroom, with the following Ohio-based stations already signed on to both participate and contribute: Cincinnati Public Radio, Ideastream Public Media, WCSU , WGTE, WOSU Public Media, WYSO Public Radio and WYSU.
The Ohio Newsroom is grateful to its founding funders for their vision to invest in statewide public service reporting in Ohio:
- The Reitman Family
- Margie and John Wheeler
- The James W. and Anne H.S. Nethercott Public Media and Responsible Journalism Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Some Ohio farms have stayed in one family for more than 100 years. Those families are working to preserve their agricultural legacy, as farmland decreases.
A new database tracks how state and local governments across the country are spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. In Ohio, about half of those funds are untraceable.
Crime fell in cities across the country last year, including in some Ohio metros like Toledo, which saw an 18% drop in homicides.
The Ohio History Connection has one of the largest collections of Native American human remains. The nonprofit is working with tribal leaders to comply with the federal law NAGPRA and repatriate them.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Ohio Northern University in 1968. One woman remembers the impact the prominent civil rights leader’s words had at the rural northwest Ohio school.
Members of Ohio's LGBTQ+ community say they are concerned about what the incoming Trump Administration means for their rights and security.
UNESCO partnered with the Global Social Media Influencer Research Lab at Bowling Green State University to examine the motivations and ethical standards of digital content creators.
The Buckeye Trail could become a National Scenic Trail. The National Park Service is gauging support for the designation through a series of public meetings across the state.
Dallas Allen is a Suicide Investigations and Postvention specialist at the Franklin County Coroner’s Office. His work could help prevent suicide deaths across the state.
