Renee Fox
ReporterRenee Fox is a reporter for 89.7 NPR News. Fox joined the WOSU newsroom from the Tribune Chronicle/Vindicator in the Youngstown area, where she’d been a reporter since 2014.
Fox has been nominated for and won several awards for her work, which ranges from local government coverage to investigative journalism and features.
She’s also an Air Force veteran and former defense contractor who worked on linguistics projects at Bagram Airfield and other bases in Afghanistan.
Fox served in the United States Air Force after joining in 2006 as an Airman First Class at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California where she also completed the Pashto Basic Course. She served as a specialist for a voice biometric project based at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan in 2009, and from 2010 to 2011.
Fox studied International Journalism at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, and political science at the Hawaii Pacific University – Honolulu.
Contact Renee at renee.fox@wosu.org.
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A $20 million fraud scheme at the Columbus Zoo led to the convictions of five former employees. -
The Ohio History Connection laid off 12 historic preservation employees last Friday. The organization was counting on $1.5 million in already-appropriated federal funds to pay the staff that handles several federally-mandated programs, but the Trump administration hasn't released the money. -
Passengers on domestic flights should have a Real ID compliant license or other form of identification to fly starting this week. Reports from John Glenn International Airport in Columbus indicate it's going smoothly and the TSA is offering other screening options for people without the ID. -
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati Tuesday rejected appeals filed by former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges. -
Ohio’s state budget has a provision from House Republicans that would require doctors to collect more information about the abortions they perform, and for that information to be showcased in a new, public facing database. -
“The Holy Father consistently emphasized care for our common home and human fraternity: the need to see one another as brothers and sisters," said Columbus Bishop Earl Fernandes. -
Gary Thomas Keesee, 36, was arrested and charged with rape in Licking County, Ohio. He's the son of the pastors of the Faith Life Church in New Albany and Powell. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentDoulas help navigate pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Though the process hasn’t been without problems, the state has certified dozens of doulas in at least 20 counties. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentAEP Ohio filed an annual report that shows the average number of outages a customer experiences a year, and how long their customers' outages lasted. -
Both sides in a dispute between the Columbus branch of the NAACP and the national organization are trying to work on a solution out of court. A hearing scheduled for Tuesday was postponed.
