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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Columbus voted to approve a $130 million bond issue in 2019 to finance the new courthouse. Columbus City Council approved the last payment for property purchase. -
One person at the rally was killed and two others wounded before Secret Service agents killed the gunman. -
The delegation sent a letter in June to Air Force leaders at the Pentagon to place eight tankers of a new generation of aircraft at the Rickenbacker Air National Guard base. -
An audit by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general found that families lived in housing units that weren't "decent, safe, and sanitary." -
Short North officials and Columbus police are meeting Tuesday night to consider additional steps concerning safety in the neighborhood. -
Columbus police are looking for a white Honda Civic in connection with the shooting. -
Business & EconomyThe median sales price of $330,000 topped the previous high of $322,205 in June 2023. -
Business & EconomyThe Cleveland-area company filed for federal bankruptcy protection on June 14. Melt currently has one Columbus-area restaurant in Easton. Its other Columbus-area restaurant, which was located in the Short North, closed in 2022. -
Business & EconomyGoogle said the money will go toward the data centers in Columbus, New Albany and Lancaster. -
Ohio State says it and UConn mutually agreed to scrub game.
