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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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. -
There are plenty of things Ohio can lay claim to: Cincinnati-style chili, Polish Boys and unique pizza styles. What does that say about the state and its culture? -
The community college in Kirtland says this will hopefully be its final round of cuts on its way to financial sustainability, after two previous rounds of layoffs. -
Northeast Ohio Medical University announced in late February that its interpretation of a U.S. Department of Education letter was that it can no longer provide funding to race-based campus student organizations and celebrations like Black History Month. -
The number of adults in Cleveland facing challenges with literacy has been the subject of debate lately after Cleveland City Councilmember Kris Harsh raised concerns about the veracity of a 2004 study. -
The number of adults scoring at the lowest level of literacy and numeracy in the U.S. has increased in recent years, and Cleveland in particular struggles with high rates of adults struggling on that front. Seeds of Literacy, a local nonprofit, is among the organizations trying to address that with one-on-one tutoring available on demand.
