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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Krieg Butler took the stand in his defense Wednesday during his trial in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Butler is facing felony charges for having a gun improperly and tampering with evidence after he shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed October 2022. -
A Franklin County prosecutor and a defense attorney representing Krieg Butler delivered opening statements Tuesday. Butler shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed in 2022. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentVeteran homelessness is at a record low nationwide since measurements began in 2009. And it is down 5% in Ohio since 2023. -
Krieg Butler is scheduled to go on trial Monday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. -
A total of nine schools was suggested in June by a community task force, though a final list of which schools will close has not yet been determined. -
A Franklin County jury found former Columbus police officer Adam Coy guilty on charges of murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault. Coy shot and killed Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man, in December of 2020. -
A jury is expected to start deliberating whether or not Adam Coy is guilty or not guilty on charges of murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault for shooting and killing Andre Hill in 2020. Attorneys gave closing statements Wednesday afternoon after a legal expert for the prosecution testified. -
Adam Coy's defense team called its last witness Tuesday, a retired Ohio police officer who spoke about police training and affirmed Coy's choices when he shot and killed Andre Hill in December of 2020.
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Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy took the stand in his own defense on Monday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Coy said he thought Andre Hill had a gun when he shot him four times. Officials say Hill was holding his keys. -
Prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered opening statements Thursday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court during the murder trial of former Columbus police officer Adam Coy, who shot and killed Andre Hill in December of 2020.
