Renee Fox
ReporterRenee Fox is a reporter for 89.7 NPR News. Fox joined the WOSU newsroom from the Tribune Chronicle/Vindicator in the Youngstown area, where she’d been a reporter since 2014.
Fox has been nominated for and won several awards for her work, which ranges from local government coverage to investigative journalism and features.
She’s also an Air Force veteran and former defense contractor who worked on linguistics projects at Bagram Airfield and other bases in Afghanistan.
Fox served in the United States Air Force after joining in 2006 as an Airman First Class at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California where she also completed the Pashto Basic Course. She served as a specialist for a voice biometric project based at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan in 2009, and from 2010 to 2011.
Fox studied International Journalism at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, and political science at the Hawaii Pacific University – Honolulu.
Contact Renee at renee.fox@wosu.org.
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Report released detailing Franklin Co. poverty, program giving cash to single moms launches same dayA RISE Together report released Wednesday documents the state of poverty and economic insecurity in Franklin County. It comes on the same day as the launch of a new program meant to fight poverty, by giving 32 single moms $500 a month to spend with no conditions. -
Franklin County Judge Andy Miller sentenced 38-year-old Kreig Butler, 38, to six months in jail and three years of probation on charges of tampering with evidence and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle. Butler shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed. The shooting was ruled to be in self defense. -
Steve Stivers, CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, spoke with WOSU and said Wednesday is a good day for Ohio after the federal government released billions of dollars for chip manufacturing facilities in New Albany and other states. -
Adam Coy was supposed to be sentenced on Monday after he was convicted of murder in the 2020 shooting death of Andre Hill. -
On Friday, Krieg Butler, 38, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty to gun and tampering with evidence charges during the second day of jury deliberations.
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Krieg Butler took the stand in his defense Wednesday during his trial in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Butler is facing felony charges for having a gun improperly and tampering with evidence after he shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed October 2022. -
A Franklin County prosecutor and a defense attorney representing Krieg Butler delivered opening statements Tuesday. Butler shot and killed 13-year-old Sinzae Reed in 2022. -
Health, Science & EnvironmentVeteran homelessness is at a record low nationwide since measurements began in 2009. And it is down 5% in Ohio since 2023. -
Krieg Butler is scheduled to go on trial Monday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. -
A total of nine schools was suggested in June by a community task force, though a final list of which schools will close has not yet been determined.
