Mark Ferenchik
WOSU News DirectorMark Ferenchik is news director at WOSU 89.7 NPR News.
Before joining WOSU in March 2024, he was a reporter at the Columbus Dispatch for more than 25 years, where he covered Columbus City Hall, urban and growth issues, Columbus neighborhoods and other topics.
Before coming to The Dispatch, he reported for the Canton Repository and Medina County Gazette.
He's won Associated Press and Ohio Society of Professional Journalists awards.
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Kent State University and lives in downtown Columbus.
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Columbus City Council held a hearing on Thursday to discuss options to address juvenile violence and other issues. -
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel is asking federal regulators to reject or delay a request by utilities to build five high-voltage transmission lines in Ohio. -
Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin said a ticket tax is a better way to pay for a soccer training facility than using city capital dollars. -
Capt. Seth Koval, 38, of Stoutsville; Capt. Curtis Angst, 30, and Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons, 28, both of Columbus, died when their KC-135 refueling plane crashed on March 12. -
Organizers said they expect at least 15,000 people at the Statehouse to protest the Trump administration. -
Rachel Wenning's action filed this week with the Ohio Supreme Court said Columbus City Council executive sessions violate the city's charter. -
The Columbus metro area's estimated 2025 population of 2,242,028 ranks it as the country's 33rd largest. -
Columbus City Council has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed changes to the Big Darby Accord on April 7. -
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered E. Gordon Gee, who was Ohio State's president from 1990-1998 when Dr. Richard Strauss was a team doctor, to be deposed within 30 days. -
The suit filed in federal court in Columbus Wednesday asks the court to order agents to stop making warrantless arrests without determining escape risks, among other things.
