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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Many central Ohio residents expressed their viewpoints about Joe Biden leaving the presidential race so late in the process and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place at the top of the Democratic Party ticket. -
The Ohio Mayors Alliance, including Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, are asking Gov. Mike DeWine to take actions they say will reduce gun violence. -
The shooting took place about five blocks outside of the convention's outer security perimeter. -
The Public Utility Commission of Ohio approved new reliability standards for AEP Ohio. The standards will require the company to reduce power outages, instead of allowing them to increase as the company initially requested. -
A construction project redesigning Hudson Street between I-71 and Cleveland Avenue in North Linden has been going on for two years, which has caused frustration for some area residents. -
The documentary "Free Beer Tomorrow" will come out in 2025, telling the story of Jack's/Summit Station, a Columbus lesbian bar that opened in the 1970s and was in business until 2008. -
The problem isn’t unique to Ohio, and it isn't new, according to advocates at the Children's Defense Fund Ohio. -
Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) spoke during Friday's event. -
Business & EconomyA housing advocate in central Ohio warns that more kids are being listed on eviction proceedings, as eviction rates increase. Though the problem isn't widespread, it can have huge consequences on the children's future access to credit and rental housing. -
House Bill 363 would require consumer representation on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Its sponsor, Cleveland-area state Rep. Daniel Troy said the bill is necessary to bring more balance to the regulatory body that's grown too close to the industry it’s supposed to regulate.
