Renee Fox
ReporterRenee Fox is a reporter for 89.7 NPR News. Fox joined the WOSU newsroom from the Tribune Chronicle/Vindicator in the Youngstown area, where she’d been a reporter since 2014.
Fox has been nominated for and won several awards for her work, which ranges from local government coverage to investigative journalism and features.
She’s also an Air Force veteran and former defense contractor who worked on linguistics projects at Bagram Airfield and other bases in Afghanistan.
Fox served in the United States Air Force after joining in 2006 as an Airman First Class at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California where she also completed the Pashto Basic Course. She served as a specialist for a voice biometric project based at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan in 2009, and from 2010 to 2011.
Fox studied International Journalism at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, and political science at the Hawaii Pacific University – Honolulu.
Contact Renee at renee.fox@wosu.org.
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There's an opening on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. For the first time, ethics paperwork was required at the beginning of the process, instead of in the middle. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentMany Ohioans are aging. As a larger percent of Ohio's population crosses into their 60s, experts say the state should prepare with changes to the tax code and policies that support people aging at home. -
Ohio Consumers' Counsel attorney Bill Michael's line of questioning on Tuesday suggested companies like Amazon, Meta and Microsoft can afford to pay their fair share, when it comes to purchasing electricity. -
Shayla Favor argues in her motions to quash that the subpoenas are too broad, and the communications are not subject to disclosure because they are work products or covered under attorney client privilege. -
AEP Ohio wants to charge data centers differently than other commercial electric users, because the companies require large amounts of electricity, often requiring grid upgrades. -
Former Columbus City Councilmember and Ohio Sen. Ben Espy died on Saturday. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentAn explosion around 6 p.m. Thursday off of State Route 22 burned until 1 p.m. Friday. No one was injured in the explosion or the response. -
Columbus-native Bennett Obenour has always been a fan of the Tennessee Vols, and now he works for the team. He's back in town for the game on Saturday, and is predicting a win for the Vols. -
Public utility regulators in Ohio found Connecticut-based Realgy Energy manipulated customer call recordings and lied to consumers. The company must pay a $355,000 fine.
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Adam Coy was convicted of killing Andre Hill in 2020. The former Columbus police officer wants a new trial. Attorneys on both sides have filed arguments with a Franklin County judge.
