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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Prosecutors and defense attorneys are expected to give opening statements Wednesday 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. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentA federal study in Ohio, New York, Massachusetts and Kentucky found overdose interventions only helped reduce deaths in people using opioids and non-cocaine stimulants. -
The Sierra Club wants to remind Ohio's electric customers how much money they're paying to collectively subsidize two unprofitable coal plants owned by a consortium of energy companies. -
The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority approved several new projects at its board meeting last week. CMHA is building a new development, buying three recently built housing projects and purchasing some downtown office space. -
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority representatives said in May they planned to drop the contractor they hired to manage their rental subsidy program – but now, they’re walking back those statements. Now, CMHA reps say they haven’t made a decision. -
After his latest raise, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority's CEO Charles Hillman is the highest paid head of a housing authority in the country at $550,000 per year. He's paid more than people in charge of the largest housing authorities in the country. -
The council is expected to vote on legislation involving funding for the Department of Technology. -
Ohio’s diverse religious history from early settlers to present day has shaped the state's cultural fabric. -
Columbus City Council is scheduled to vote Monday night on the expansion of ShotSpotter tech in the Near East Side of Columbus. If approved, the technology will cover 15 square miles and cost about $884,000 a year. -
After hearing the news that the Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were killed while biking by a suspected drunk driver, fans laid flowers and hockey memorabilia in his memory outside of the Columbus Blue Jackets' home.
