Matthew Richmond
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Police, courts, radio and writing
Education: University of Southern California - Master of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: In a kayak near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
Experience:
Matthew Richmond has worked as a journalist since 2011, first as a stringer in South Sudan, then as a public radio radio reporter in upstate New York covering hydrofracking before arriving in Cleveland in 2016.
Highlights:
- 2022 & 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Criminal Justice Reporting
- Reporting fellow for "Guns & America" - a public media reporting project focused on firearms, their role and history in U.S. society and the laws surrounding their distribution and possession in Ohio and nationwide
- Reporting on the criminal justice system in Northeast Ohio, with a particular focus on policing, prosecutors and responses to violent crime
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 Community Police Commission nominated Jason Goodrick during its June 14th meeting. -
Buehner was convicted of killing Jerry Saunders in 2002. -
The 13-member Community Police Commission's most recent meeting was derailed after a dispute over naming a permanent executive director. -
Harold Pretel retired earlier in the week from Cleveland Division of Police as deputy chief for homeland special operations. -
Opponents of a proposal to buy a 72-acre plot in Garfield Heights for a new Cuyahoga County jail say the county should invest in other services. -
Cleveland police internal affairs concluded that 911 call takers did not pass along important information to police responding to a murder-in-progress. -
Chief of Police Wayne Drummond says the number of missing juveniles is composed primarily of habitual runaways. -
The proposed new site for the Cuyahoga County jail would not require extensive cleanup or work before building a new jail. -
Dimora was transferred from a federal medical facility in Massachusetts on June 7. -
Harold Pretel is currently Deputy Chief of Homeland Special Operations with the Cleveland Police Department. The county has had a succession of interim chiefs since 2019.
