Andrew Meyer
Deputy Editor - NewsExpertise: Daily and long-term news coverage leadership and strategy, editing, audio and digital storytelling, live and recorded news program hosting, general assignment reporting
Education: Middlebury College - Bachelor of Arts, economics & theater
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Graeter's Ice Cream
Experience:
Andrew Meyer works with Ideastream reporters assigned to Akron, Canton, Kent and the southern portion of Northeast Ohio's 22-county region, as well as beat reporters covering all of Northeast Ohio. He also serves as a back-up local host for NPR's daily news magazines and Ideastream's call-in show, 鈥�Sound of Ideas.鈥� He was previously WKSU's news director and has worked for public and commercial radio stations in the New York/New Jersey metro area.
Highlights:
- 2023 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow regional award winner, news series, 鈥�Changing the course of a river鈥�
- 2022 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow national award winner, news documentary, 鈥�The rural doctor is in鈥�
- Akron Press Club board member
- Colonel, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
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Protests took place across Northeast Ohio Saturday, from Cleveland to Akron to Youngstown, opposing U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda and his military parade in Washington D.C. -
The North Canton child was struck by the trailer he'd been riding on and died from his injuries a short time later at Akron Children's Hospital, authorities said. -
Following the company's acquisition at a bankruptcy auction on Saturday, the nationwide craft and fabric retailed announced Monday it would close all of its remaining stores. -
Akron's police chief says the footage showed the dangerous situation that officers were in. -
Cleveland announced Friday's it's secured another $70 million in federal funding for its North Coast Connector project. -
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation into the police-involved shooting of a 15-year-old in the city's Sherbondy Hill neighborhood Thursday night. -
Here's what Ohioans need to know about voting in the Nov. 5 general election. -
The Portage County Board of Elections says the county sheriff鈥檚 department will not be used for election security following a social media post by Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski saying people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses recorded so that immigrants can be sent to live with them if the Democratic vice president wins the November election. -
Akron Mayor Shammas Malik said in release Saturday that the smoke from the fire has mostly dissipated. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is continuing tests of air and water quality, which Malik said are at safe levels. -
Severe storms downed trees and power lines across Northeast Ohio Tuesday. More than 300,000 homes remained without power into Wednesday.
