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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The First Energy Accountability Coalition is asking Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to pull the plug on Akron-based FirstEnergy. Its members hope to get his attention at a rally Wednesday at the Statehouse. -
The Columbus Education Association obtained a document they say was written by Columbus City Schools board member Brandon Simmons. The CEA says the document details an effort to suppress the union for disagreeing with the board and are calling for Simmons to resign. -
Even after five deadly shootings this weekend, Columbus' murder rate is still below average. -
The cost of an audit to track First Energy's political spending after the corrupt House Bill 6 is likely to go up because it has taken so long to move forward with it. -
The FirstEnergy companies that distribute electricity as Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric and Toledo Edison are asking state regulators to increase rates and restructure how customers are charged. -
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is looking for auditors to go through the books of several coal-plant invested electric companies. -
Business & EconomyAmazon wants a discount on the massive amount of electricity their new data centers will use in central Ohio over the next decade, according to a Business Insider article. -
Ohio state Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) introduced a bill that would increase consumer protections and transparency in the regulation of utilities in Ohio. -
The night before his body was discovered, Randazzo walked less than a mile from his home on South Grant Street to an industrial building he owned at 492 East Mound St. -
Ohio State University President Ted Carter delivered his first state of the university address Thursday.
