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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A report from Cleveland State University finds housing inequities persist throughout Cuyahoga County, along with serious issues with affordability and aging housing. The county is proposing new money for affordable housing and repairs. -
The districts say their ability to raise enough money through levies to pay for services is in jeopardy if the legislature overrides DeWine's education-related budget vetoes. -
The fund, newly established by the Portage Foundation, will seed new support programs for LGBTQ+ students and residents, and emergency aid for students. -
The amount of money going to private school vouchers in Ohio has ballooned significantly over the last four years. -
The state budget signed by Gov. Mike DeWine includes significant cuts in funding for some schools in Northeast Ohio, with Parma in particular losing about $4 million over the next two years. -
The ruling on the lawsuit, filed by a coalition of more than 300 school districts, will likely be appealed. Meanwhile, Ohio legislators are still working on next year's budget which includes expanded funding for vouchers. -
Protesters in downtown Cleveland called for Congress not to approve cuts proposed by the Trump administration that they argue would devastate the workforce and research capabilities of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. -
Akron Public Schools said delays will mean the new school will be complete by August 2028, although the final cost is unclear. -
Through the internship, the students staff two Port of Cleveland boats called Flotsam and Jetsam to clean up the historically polluted Cuyahoga River. -
Protests took place across Northeast Ohio Saturday, from Cleveland to Akron to Youngstown, opposing U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda and his military parade in Washington D.C.
