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
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The mayor is proposing a $10 million fund to be administered by the Cleveland Foundation, generating yearly grants totaling about $500,000. -
City councilmembers focused on the commission's $1 million grantmaking fund at a committee meeting Wednesday. City agencies needs council approval for expenditures over $50,000. -
Ronayne is considering sites outside of Cleveland and plans to separate the jail from the courts tower. -
The report from the Community Police Commission found the city has completed about 39% of reforms under the consent decree, down 3 points from the previous report. -
Antoine Tolbert and his attorney will receive $85,000 from the city. Tolbert, a community activist who conducts armed patrols had insisted on an apology letter as part of the settlement. -
Members heard violence prevention experts from Chicago and Milwaukee. -
The Ohio Supreme Court removed Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Peter J. Corrigan from the retrial of Michael Buehner, whose 2002 murder conviction was overturned. -
Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky entered guilty pleas Monday to felony cheating and misdemeanor possession of wildlife after they were exposed as cheaters in a walleye fishing tournament in Cleveland. -
Cleveland officials, the police monitoring team and U.S. Department of Justice appeared in federal court Thursday for an update on the consent decree. -
Bail Project founder Robin Steinberg and CEO David Gaspar appeared at the City Club of Cleveland Wednesday. They argued their project proves cash bail is unnecessary.
