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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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. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentAn emergency response plane is typically ready to deploy from Texas within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. -
The social safety net for asylum seekers who end up in Ohio is inadequate, according to the people who work with asylum seekers everyday. -
A coalition formed by pro-democracy and environmental groups was disappointed Wednesday when Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office refused to meet with them as they call for the state to dissolve FirstEnergy's ability to do business in the state. -
Advocates for Ohio electric customers are questioning FirstEnergy's commitment to transparency and ethics in the continued wake of the nuclear bailout bribery scandal. -
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.
