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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Bibb promised increased enforcement targeted at the city's violent crime "hotspots." -
Protesters who took part in the nearly two-week long encampment say it's unclear what charges they face from the university and what evidence those charges are based on. -
Racine told council he can't provide an estimate for when the city is released from the consent decree. -
Authorities say a 24-year-old suspect was found dead in a Shaker Heights home Sunday after a standoff with several law enforcement agencies. -
The commission has struggled to move forward with a nearly three-month-old request by Antoine Tolbert. -
The Chappman family sought financial compensation after a 2019 police pursuit led to the death of 13-year-old Tamia Chappman in East Cleveland. -
Monitor Karl Racine said in a new progress report the city made no progress toward completing the consent decree during the second half of 2023. -
The Board of Elections is planning to move into more spacious offices at the old Plain Dealer building. -
The officer, Ryan Westlake, was nearly fired in 2021 after three incidents. -
The lawsuit filed by the family of Desmond Franklin alleges Cleveland Police officer Jose Garcia killed Franklin despite facing no real threat of injury.
