George Shillcock
ReporterGeorge Shillcock is a reporter for 89.7 NPR News. He joined the WOSU newsroom in April 2023 following three years as a reporter in Iowa with the USA Today Network.
Shillcock worked at the Columbus Dispatch and the Athens Messenger as a reporting intern before making his way to Iowa in 2020 to report on the suburban communities of Des Moines for the Des Moines Register and local government, politics and development for the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
Shillcock's work has been recognized by the Ohio News Media Association, the Associated Press Media Editors of Ohio, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists and Iowa Newspaper Association with awards for investigative journalism, coverage of government and politics, features and community reporting.
In 2024, the Ohio SPJ recognized Shillcock with a first place award for Best Reporter while the Ohio APME awards awarded Shillcock a second place award for Best Reporter. The Ohio SPJ also recognized Shillcock that year with first place awards for Best Consumer and Business Reporting, Best Continuing Coverage and Best Government and Political Reporting.
Shillcock's investigation of a troubled solar company in North Liberty, Iowa earned him the prestigious Harrison "Skip" Weber Investigative Journalism award. The months-long investigation was the first to expose the wrongdoing of the prominent company and eventually led to its CEO resigning and the company shuttering.
Through the USA Today Network, his work has been featured in dozens of newspapers in Iowa, Ohio and around the country.
Born in Byram, New Jersey and raised in Harrison, Ohio, Shillcock graduated from Ohio University in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and minor in political science.
Contact George at george.shillcock@wosu.org.
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U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Ohio's two U.S. Senators, Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted, toured two Columbus locations on Friday. The three say the government should take less of a role in addressing the nationwide housing shortage. -
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is sending two Crisis K9s and their handlers to Minneapolis following a mass shooting at a Catholic school Wednesday. -
Columbus City Council candidate Jesse Vogel announced AFSCME Council 8 is endorsing his campaign. It's the first union to declare support for Vogel. Six other unions have backed Tiara Ross in the race. -
Ashanti Powell, 45, of Pickerington was indicted in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for manipulating payroll of retired employees and pocketing the unearned cash. -
Whitehall became the 14th city in Ohio to ban conversion therapy and added more protections for the LGBTQ+ community during a city council meeting last week. -
Activists and at least one Ohio lawmaker are continuing to demand the state revoke their support of Israel, on the same day the U.N. declared a famine in Gaza. -
Ramaswamy said he wants to increase teacher pay, but only if teacher's are moved to a merit based pay raise system rather than the system that is currently in place due to collective bargaining agreements. -
WOSU found through a records request that one Jewish organization in Columbus reported protest activity critical of Israel's actions in Gaza to police. The group's actions play into a larger debate in American society about whether criticizing Israel is antisemitic. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentColumbus wants to annex most of the 2,800 acre Hoover Reservoir and surrounding land. The city says it's trying to protect the environment around the drinking water source for the city. -
WOSU found through a records request that one Jewish organization in Columbus reported protest activity critical of Israel's actions in Gaza to police. The organization was also reporting antisemitic attacks on the Jewish community.
