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 new Second District Commander, Timothy Maffo-Judd, apologized and said he wants to rebuild trust after a 2022 complaint over his use of an anti-gay slur surfaced. -
In the last year and a half nearly the entire staff at the office that investigates complaints against Cleveland police has turned over. -
The ordinance, known as Tanisha's Law, was created by Tanisha Anderson's uncle with help from law students at Case Western Reserve University. -
Challenger Robert Schleper leads incumbent Jack Schron by 17 votes in District 6. -
The rate increases are the first by Cleveland Public Power since 1983 -
Antoine Tolbert maintains his innocence on charges of extorting protection money from two gas stations on Cleveland's East Side. He was indicted on several felony counts in August. -
A Tuesday afternoon march protesting police violence in Cleveland Heights and the killing of Christian Thomas ended up at city hall, where Mayor Kahlil came out to answer protesters' questions. -
The charges stem from city contracts and payments King authorized to businesses he and his family members owned, according to the release. -
The report analyzed 2022 data and found 66% of stops were of Black people. -
Often planned in advance on social media, street takeovers frequently involve souped-up or muscle cars doing doughnuts in intersections for crowds of people.
