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 school reportedly has issues with its roof. The district says it will seek to close the building at the end of the year in a March 21 letter to families. -
Cleveland Metropolitan School District announced its long-term facilities plan last week, but officials were light on the details of how they would pay for a host of improvements they're calling for across the school system. -
The university says it's trying to improve its overall financial outlook by increasing revenue and reducing operating costs. Job cuts for faculty are also on the horizon. -
Kent State University's Transformation 2028 plan calls for cutting the total number of academic leaders and consolidating colleges but does not mean those officials will be laid off. -
The move will still need to be approved by Akron Public Schools' Board of Education. It's the latest step the district is taking to cut expenses despite a levy passing last year and a larger wave of cuts last spring. -
Opponents say CMSD is rushing into a one-size-fits-all decision that will harm some of the district's best schools. The district says the move will save a significant amount of money in the face of a looming deficit. -
The district faces big financial challenge including a deficit of $96 million by the end of the 2027-2028 school year along with potential state and federal funding cuts. -
The neighbors' concession would allow the drop-in center to start operation temporarily, but ultimately would require its operators to find a new location shortly after, and redevelop the existing building into residential housing. -
The medical college based in Rootstown said it made a mistake in pulling the funding after receiving additional guidance on a new policy from the U.S. Department of Education -
The move will impact education-related civil rights investigations being conducted throughout Ohio and Michigan and affects almost 50 employees at the department's Office for Civil Rights in Cleveland.
