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 agreement comes almost a year after Eastern Gateway Community College closed. YSU would move into the college's main building in Steubenville. -
The Jefferson County Resource Network in Eastern Ohio is helping people find resources they need, and connecting leaders to work together to solve complex problems. -
Colleges and universities across the country are struggling, as birth rates drop and fewer students see the value of a college education. Last year, Eastern Gateway Community College and Notre Dame College both closed. -
The board of education had voiced concern about a lack of control over removing problematic officers, voting down the contract with police earlier this year. The new contract does include more leeway for the district to do so. -
The district says a decision on consolidation is coming sometime this school year, with changes to schools coming in the 2026-2027 school year. -
In Akron, the leader of the teacher union says the shortage is more pronounced than in recent years. In Cleveland, it's unclear how many more teachers the district should hire due to looming school consolidation plans. -
The change comes two weeks after the university said Ohio law forced it to cancel U-Pass, which provides low-cost passes to students through a mandatory tuition fee. -
Debate over the contract for school resource officers comes after a student was forcibly arrested by two Akron Police Officers and punched in the head in fall 2024. -
Two community groups have formed to oppose Lakewood City Schools' plans to consolidate its elementary schools, which it says is needed after years of enrollment decline. -
The indictment is the latest in a series of controversial events related to Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren and his wife, Natalie McDaniel. Seren, who faces a recall election in September, has said he will not seek re-election in November.
