Leigh Barr
Coordinating Producer “Sound of Ideas”Expertise: Producing and writing television, radio and digital news scripts and newscasts
Education: Kent State University - bachelor's degree
Experience:
Leigh Barr is a career producer with more than 20 years' experience covering the people and stories of Northeast Ohio.
Highlights:
- · 2020 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Award - Radio “Best Public Affairs Program in Ohio”
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 Department of Transportation decision to deny a permit for the Cleveland Browns Brook Park stadium did not come out of the blue. The groundwork for the denial may have been laid as far back as this past spring in a letter from the city's director of port control. -
Sherrod Brown announced this week his intention to challenge Jon Husted next November in a bid to return to the U.S. Senate. Now that Brown has clarified his political ambitions, how does that affect other potential races? -
Cleveland City Council has not censured one of its members since the 1970s. -
For an estimated 5 million Americans, every beat of their heart can be heard in their ears as a constant "whooshing" sound making it difficult to sleep or concentrate and contributing to anxiety and depression. -
After paying hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies for coal power plants tied to scandal-torn HB 6, ratepayers get a break next week. Payments stop. -
Aug. 6 marks one year since Ohio began legal sales of adult-use recreational marijuana. -
The U.S. Labor Department unveiled a plan to deregulate industries and reduce employer compliance costs. The proposal targets rules affecting wages, safety and working conditions across sectors such as home health care, agriculture, construction and mining. -
Experts are warning that Lyme disease is on the rise driven by the blacklegged or deer tick which has expanded its territory in Ohio. -
The book “Reluctant Conquest: American Wealth, Power, and Science in the Arctic” traces US policy in the strategic region through the centuries. -
The Ohio legislature will come off summer recess to consider overrides to three of the governor's budget bill vetoes, all dealing with property taxes.
