Andrew Meyer
Deputy Editor - NewsAndrew joined Ideastream Public Media as part of the 2021 merger with WKSU. Since August of 2022 he has served as the deputy editor - news, helping to plan, coordinate and oversee Ideastream’s daily and long-term news coverage and serving as an editor for the organization’s reporters and producers, both on-air and online. His commitment is to help foster reporting that marks the best of what public radio has to offer: as a trustworthy source of news and information. Now, and prior to the merger, as WKSU’s news director since 2014, his focus is on serving the communities throughout a 22 county broadcast area in Northeast Ohio including Akron, Cleveland and Canton. Andrew also serves as a regular panelist on the "Sound of Ideas Reporters Roundtable" as well as a backup host for the program and as a fill-in local host for "Morning Edition," "Here and Now" and "All Things Considered."
Andrew previously spent 16 years at WBGO-FM, an NPR affiliate in Newark, New Jersey, working his way up from reporter and news anchor to assistant news director, where his duties grew to also include hosting a monthly call-in show with then-Newark Mayor Cory Booker, among others. Andrew has also worked in radio news in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area for other stations including WNYC, 1010 WINS and New Jersey 101.5.
During his three decades in broadcasting, Andrew has been recognized individually and has led teams that have won top regional and national awards. In 2022, he shared in a prestigious national Edward R. Murrow award for Documentary. Under his leadership, the WKSU newsroom has won dozens of awards including regional Murrow, PMJA and PRNDI awards, Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards and Ohio Associated Press Media Editors awards including General Excellence five years in a row. Individually, Andrew has been recognized repeatedly by PRNDI, the New Jersey Associated Press Broadcasters Association, the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and others
Andrew was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and holds the commission of Kentucky Colonel in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. He and his family live in Hudson.
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The city has reached its $3.5 million fundraising goal to move forward with plans for replacing the Jersey barriers with bollards, as well as other improvements. -
Just days after Cleveland announced it was requiring residents to bag their leaves, the Bibb administration reversed course and announced it would resume curbside leaf collection in previously designated high-generation areas. The decision comes after an outcry from residents and city council members.
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The work of freelancer Jacqueline Marino and Ideastream Public Media's Andrew Meyer and Jon Nungesser was honored with a 2022 national Edward R. Murrow award.
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The polls in Ohio opened at 6:30am. Voters have until 7:30pm to cast their primary ballots in statewide, congressional and local races.
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CSU announced Tuesday that Sands would be leaving his leadership position at the university effective immediately. Provost Laura Bloomberg is replacing him.
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New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Ohio are at their lowest levels since July but the Ohio Department of Health is keeping an eye on a new omicron variant; the Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments over whether Gov. Mike DeWine had the legal ability to end the state's participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program ahead of a government deadline stopping the payments; the Ohio primary is just six weeks away but candidates still don't know whether the contest will happen on that date; and more stories.
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The Browns are intent on getting a franchise quarterback, but is the quarterback and his off-the-field allegations worth the price?
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The council underwent three days of hearings before the budget committee last week and is expected to make a decision today.
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Republican lawmakers in Ohio have proposed legislation that would prohibit local governments from banning short-term rentals in their communities; the alcohol poisoning death of a fraternity pledge a year ago has brought on new anti-hazing policies at Bowling Green State University; the new operators of Cleveland’s I-X Center are giving the exhibition space a makeover; and more stories.
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Akron police have arrested a man accused of breaking into the Akron Art Museum and starting some small trash fires in the building; Ohio's new congressional district map faces another legal challenge; housing advocates in Cleveland say a new report confirms what they’ve been worried about when it comes to who’s buying up residential properties; and more stories.
