Conor Morris
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Education reporting, public records, general assignment, investigative reporting
Education: Wooster High School
Ohio University - Bachelor of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Upper Edgewater Park
Experience:
Conor Morris covers education in Northeast Ohio. A 2014 Ohio University alum, he previously worked at The Athens NEWS in Southeast Ohio, covering criminal justice, education and more. He moved to Cleveland in 2020 to work with the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative as a reporter and Report for America corps member, where he covered poverty and the pandemic's impact on Northeast Ohio. Conor volunteers his time to run the Unsilenced Voices of CMSD, a blog for Cleveland Metropolitan School District students. He was born in Marietta, Ohio.
Highlights:
- Won numerous statewide press awards for his investigative and feature reporting on higher education, criminal justice and poverty with The Athens NEWS in Southeast Ohio.
- 2023 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Award, First Place Best Digital Project & Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Award, Best Medical/Science/Health Care Reporting - “Redlining is affecting Northeast Ohio's children's ability to breathe. Here's what we can do”
- Past stories featured on the Solutions Journalism Network's Solutions Story Tracker, which highlights stories that dig into both a problem and its solution.
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The move comes as the school district, like many others, has experienced falling enrollment declining birth rates. The decision comes despite a campaign by concerned parents and community members. -
The legislature cut more than $52 million meant to address funding parity in Ohio's high-poverty urban school districts as part of the state budget that went into effect in July. The cut affects some of Northeast Ohio's biggest school districts including Akron, Canton and Cleveland. -
More than two dozen "No Kings" protests were scheduled across Northeast and North Central Ohio Oct. 18. -
As public media systems contend with the loss of federal funding, Ideastream Public Media's President and CEO addressed community members at the City Club of Cleveland on Friday about the path forward, while more than 100 supporters of Cleveland State University's radio station protested outside. -
The defendants who were protesting the war in Gaza, were accused of damaging the campus with red paint and other vandalism in November 2024. They've entered into a pre-trial diversion program with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office. -
The eight candidates all participated in an Akron Press Club debate Wednesday. There are four open seats on the Akron Board of Education in this year's election. -
About 200 students, alumni and community members attended a silent protest Tuesday decrying the switch from student-run programming at college radio station WCSB to full-time jazz programming under an agreement between Cleveland State University and Ideastream Public Media -
School districts like Parma, Elyria and Streetsboro are trying again for operating levies after past failures. Meanwhile, school districts will soon have to navigate the Ohio Legislature taking away several types of levies they'd previously relied on. -
The district has mulled a decision for more than a year to consolidate its seven elementary school buildings, an idea which has been controversial among some residents and parents concerned about the impact to neighborhoods and students. -
Teacher aides, part of a broader group called paraprofessionals, provide one-on-one care to students and vital classroom support to students, but many must balance working two jobs and say they struggle to make ends meet.
