The Ohio Newsroom, a collaboration between seven public radio stations in Ohio, features non-com WYSO 91.3 FM in Yellow Springs-Dayton, reports The Dayton Business Journal.
Plans began for a statewide news collaboration in 2019 with $70,000 grant from the George Gund Foundation for consumer research. Then in October of 2020, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting awarded $56,500 to Cincinnati Public Radio, Ideastream Public Media, and WOSU Public Media to develop a business plan and sustainability model.
A $375,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting eventually made the launch of The Ohio Newsroom possible.
The Ohio Newsroom will be managed by Ideastream Public Media, an organization that will also support the implementation of the project. Wendy Turner is Ideastream Public Media’s first general manager of Ohio public media services. She’s responsible for staffing the Ohio Newsroom, beginning with finding a managing editor.
“Securing the Ohio Newsroom’s first managing editor, and later, more reporters, will mean more in-depth stories, expanded digital content, and even better statewide coordination on breaking news,” Turner said.
The following radio stations have agreed to join The Ohio Newsroom: Cincinnati Public Radio, Ideastream Public Media (Cleveland), WCSU (Wilburforce), WGTE (Toledo), WOSU (Columbus), WYSU (Youngstown), and WYSO (Yellow Springs). All Ohio public radio stations that broadcast NPR are invited to join.
“WYSO has tripled its reporting staff in the last couple of years, becoming a leading source of local and regional news as well as content that has statewide significance,” said WYSO General Manager Luke Dennis.
The partnering radio stations have already been working together for years to collaborative content and issues that affect listeners statewide. The Ohio newsroom is an expansion of this work.
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