Conor Morris/Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative
ReporterConor reports for the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative focusing on poverty in the city including housing, health and education. Morris covered Appalachian southeast Ohio for the weekly newspaper, The Athens News, for six years. He reported on Athens County, but especially local government, the campus of Ohio University (his alma mater), cops and courts, and the social and economic issues facing the residents of Ohio’s poorest county.
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The purpose of the funding is to address poverty and inequity in the area, and residents and local leadership don't see eye to eye on improvements.
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Did residents get the responses they hoped for? Find out what answers the candidates delivered and how they measured up to residents' expectations.
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Northeast Ohio’s economy has suffered setback after setback in recent decades. There was the loss of major industrial players which led to the American rust belt decline. Then there was the 2008-2009 recession. And finally, the pandemic. The Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative (NEO SoJo) will soon embark on a year-long reporting project on the region’s economic recovery from the pandemic.
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Cleveland is one of seven cities in the U.S. that has enacted a right to counsel program that provides free legal representation to tenants facing eviction. Early statistics from the program’s first year of operation show promising results: dozens of evictions prevented despite a federal moratorium on evictions. But what will happen when that moratorium ends?
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The free online course about how to access information that is available to the public is open for enrollment.
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The Northeast Ohio Journalism Collaborative explores the role some houses of worship play in vaccinating hard-to-reach neighborhoods in the city.
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The phone line helps many stymied by the confusing vaccine rollout and digital divide.
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Currently, hard-off tenants have little time before landlord can file eviction.
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As moratoriums that staved off utility disconnections cascade to an end, some families face a long winter unsure how they will keep the lights, heat and water on.
