Matthew Rand
Morning Edition HostMatthew Rand is the Morning Edition host for 89.7 NPR News.
Before stepping into the hosting role, Rand served as an 89.7 NPR News reporter and as an interim producer for WOSU’s All Sides daily talk show.
Originally from Cincinnati, Rand attended Morehead State University in Kentucky, where he studied broadcasting and journalism.
Rand worked at several television and radio stations across the Commonwealth, where he honed his skills as a reporter, anchor and multimedia journalist.
Rand is thrilled to be back in the Buckeye State reporting on news that matters to central Ohio.
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Rex Alba learned to cook in his home country of the Philippines before moving to Columbus 20 years ago. He's now sharing Filipino flavors on national television as a contestant on "The Great American Recipe," now in its fourth season on PBS. -
Former Columbus Dispatch journalist and current American University professor Sherri Williams is a featured panelist at the Columbus Book Festival this weekend. -
Maureen O’Brien takes the reins as the Columbus Symphony Orchestra embarks on a major capital campaign to build a new performance hall. -
Sandusky, Ohio native Jim Obergefell was the lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, which affirmed the right to same-sex marriage across the United States. Ten years since that landmark ruling, Obergefell says he fears the U.S. Supreme Court is on a path to revisit Obergefell and likely overturn it. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentResearchers found the cities are sinking slowly, just a few millimeters per year, but their findings raise some big questions about how this issue could impact cities’ infrastructure and development in the long term. -
There are several local levies on the May 6 primary ballot. How might rising property taxes affect support for those measures? -
The Ohio Library Council warns the proposal, which eliminates the Public Library Fund and replaces it with a line-item appropriation, would cut funding to Ohio libraries by more than $100 million. -
The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division at the Battle of Gettysburg. What can this rare and controversial artifact teach us about one of the darkest, bloodiest chapters in American history? -
As Ohioans increasingly struggle to put food on the table, the Ohio Association of Foodbanks is urging elected leaders at the state and federal levels to commit to hunger relief programs. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentThe study, published earlier this month in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, suggests a strong cultural component to how people identify and interpret regional accents.
