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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Dustin Martin, 30, will be sentenced in February after pleading guilty to civil disorder and disorderly and disruptive conduct. -
Terrelle Pryor sued Ohio State, the NCAA, the Big Ten and a communications company to prevent them from using the name, image and likeness of former Ohio State athletes. -
Business & EconomyThe $420 million center will be built on Beech Road and employ 30 people. -
Alexander Menhenett, 43, died in January when Whitehall auxiliary police officer Kyle Schneider tried to arrest him at a Walmart store. -
Columbus City Schools' board Vice President Tina Pierce released a 19-minute phone call with board member Brandon Simmons to show she had nothing to do with a controversial memo. -
Tracy Murnane, former purchasing officer for the Columbus Zoo, will also pay a $5,000 fine. -
Hilliard schools closed Beacon, J.W. Reason, Scioto Darby and Hilliard Crossing Elementary Schools for the day after the stabbing. -
The suit by parents of a student who lives in the Columbus school district said the schools are obligated to provide transportation. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentPrecipitation for September is down more than an inch, and by more than six inches for the year. -
The preliminary injunction prevents David L. Ross Jr., also known as Connor Goodwolf, from talking about what he finds on the dark web while continuing talks with the city about the data breach.
