Andrew Meyer
Deputy Editor - NewsExpertise: Daily and long-term news coverage leadership and strategy, editing, audio and digital storytelling, live and recorded news program hosting, general assignment reporting
Education: Middlebury College - Bachelor of Arts, economics & theater
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Graeter's Ice Cream
Experience:
Andrew Meyer works with Ideastream reporters assigned to Akron, Canton, Kent and the southern portion of Northeast Ohio's 22-county region, as well as beat reporters covering all of Northeast Ohio. He also serves as a back-up local host for NPR's daily news magazines and Ideastream's call-in show, “Sound of Ideas.” He was previously WKSU's news director and has worked for public and commercial radio stations in the New York/New Jersey metro area.
Highlights:
- 2023 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow regional award winner, news series, “Changing the course of a river”
- 2022 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow national award winner, news documentary, “The rural doctor is in”
- Akron Press Club board member
- Colonel, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Why trust Ideastream Public Media?
The mission of Ideastream Public Media is to be a trustworthy and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us. Our highest priority is providing news and information that is reliable and accurate, that is gathered with integrity and professional care and that is presented with precision and respect for the intelligence of our audiences. We are transparent about how we discover and verify the facts we present and strive to make our decision-making process clear to the public. We disclose relationships, such as with partners or funders, that might appear, but will never, influence our coverage.
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The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation into the police-involved shooting of a 15-year-old in the city's Sherbondy Hill neighborhood Thursday night. -
Here's what Ohioans need to know about voting in the Nov. 5 general election. -
The Portage County Board of Elections says the county sheriff’s department will not be used for election security following a social media post by Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski saying people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses recorded so that immigrants can be sent to live with them if the Democratic vice president wins the November election. -
Akron Mayor Shammas Malik said in release Saturday that the smoke from the fire has mostly dissipated. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is continuing tests of air and water quality, which Malik said are at safe levels. -
Severe storms downed trees and power lines across Northeast Ohio Tuesday. More than 300,000 homes remained without power into Wednesday. -
Akron Police now say the number of people shot in the drive-by shooting early Sunday Morning is 27. Two were in critical condition. One person was killed. -
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a Senate Committee hearing Wednesday that the burnoff of vinyl chloride could have been avoided. -
The president toured the site of the derailment in East Palestine and met with local and federal officials to discuss the progress in the cleanup over the past year. -
Gov. Mike DeWine and half of the Republicans in the Ohio House had called on Rep. Bob Young to resign, following arrests on domestic violence charges. -
The International Soap Box Derby named Scott Taylor to lead the organization, citing his 37 years of experience leading YMCA's and other nonprofits in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
