Michael De Bonis
Digital Media ProducerMichael De Bonis develops and produces digital content including podcasts, videos, and news stories. He is also the editor of WOSU's award-winning Curious Cbus project. He moved to Columbus in 2012 to work as the producer of All Sides with Ann Fisher, the live news talk show on 89.7 NPR News.
He began his journalism career at WBEZ in Chicago with a production internship at the station's daily news magazine show. In subsequent years, he worked as a reporter and producer on several projects including the pop music talk show Sound Opinions. In 2011, he was awarded the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for Excellence in Radio Reporting for his work as a producer on WBEZ’s science podcast Clever Apes.
Michael was born and raised in Rockland County, NY. He graduated in 2002 from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Philosophy. He lives in Clintonville with his wife and son.
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Curious CbusThis election, many Ohioans will be voting on school levies. Education funding is a complicated and controversial topic, but one way to make sense of it is by using a quirky metaphor: it’s like baking a cake. -
Curious CbusOn September 24, 1979, Columbus-based CompuServe launched its online service for consumers. Its subscribers were among the first to have access to email, online chat, digital newspapers and the ability to share and download files. -
Curious CbusColumbus and Franklin County Metro Parks officially opened the Quarry Trails Metro Park in 2021. The ambitious project transformed the abandoned Marble Cliff Quarry and one of the park’s main attractions is its waterfall, Millikin Falls. -
Curious CbusOne building on Naghten Street in downtown Columbus has black windows, multiple security cameras and no clear sign of what goes on inside. -
Curious CbusDr. Timothy Moore, a Columbus dentist, may have one of the biggest magic collections in the country. It includes posters and props that belonged to some of the most famous magicians in history. -
Curious CbusSundown towns were a form of discrimination and segregation prominent in the U.S. during the period after Reconstruction through the first half of the 20th century. The name comes from a warning—with either an explicit or implicit threat of violence—that people of color were not welcome in the area after sundown. -
Curious CbusFor decades, urban and suburban planners focused on cars rather than pedestrians when building infrastructure. Now Columbus and other cities are playing catch-up in adding safe sidewalks and shared-use paths. -
Curious CbusDepending on who you ask, you may get a different answer on how the idea for a community festival arose. But one thing we know for sure is that ComFest was born around a nexus of activity at the corner of 16th and Waldeck Avenue. -
Curious CbusThis year marks the 130th anniversary of the first Black student to graduate from Ohio State University. His name was Sherman Hamlin Guss and he graduated in 1892. -
Curious CbusIn the 1960s, the construction of shopping malls had a deep impact on the American economy. Downtown retail struggled as shoppers flocked to large indoor and outdoor shopping centers. Today, Columbus’ first malls are either gone or in decline, but 50 years ago, they were in their prime.
