Mark Ferenchik
WOSU News DirectorMark Ferenchik is news director at WOSU 89.7 NPR News.
Before joining WOSU in March 2024, he was a reporter at the Columbus Dispatch for more than 25 years, where he covered Columbus City Hall, urban and growth issues, Columbus neighborhoods and other topics.
Before coming to The Dispatch, he reported for the Canton Repository and Medina County Gazette.
He's won Associated Press and Ohio Society of Professional Journalists awards.
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Kent State University and lives in downtown Columbus.
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The 1.3 mile-long project to improve Refugee Road east of Noe-Bixby Road includes adding sidewalks for students and other pedestrians. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe deal means 110,000 patients covered by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield can still get in-network rates for hospital and other services. -
The game will be played at Huntington Bank Field, the home of the Cleveland Browns, which seats 67,000. The Crew's Lower.com Field seats 20,000. -
Ohio State University released police body cam footage of the the post-game fight that started when Michigan players planted a Michigan flag at midfield. -
The Ohio Auditor's Office found former Blendon Township Administrator Bryan Rhoads was improperly paid and misused township credit cards. -
Favor is leaving City Council after she was elected to become the next Franklin County prosecutor. City Council will appoint her successor in January. -
David Pearson was charged after shooting Lt. Rodney Osborne during a "dry" training exercise at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction training academy in Orient in April. -
George "Billy" Wagner III is charged with multiple counts, including aggravated murder, in connection with the 2016 shooting deaths of members of the Rhoden family. -
The NAACP's Ohio State Conference president, Tom Roberts, was appointed administrator over the Columbus branch. -
Principal Monica Asher returned to her job Tuesday after she was placed on paid leave for lamenting the results of the Nov. 5 election in a newsletter.
