Steve Brown
Morning News Anchor and Managing EditorSteve Brown grew up in nearby Richwood, Ohio and now lives there with his wife and sons. He started his journalism career as a weekend board operator at WOSU while majoring in journalism at Ohio State, where he also wrote for the student newspaper The Lantern and co-founded the organization Students for Public Broadcasting.
He left Ohio in 2007 to become the morning anchor at KSTK in Wrangell, Alaska while also serving as a regional correspondent for the Alaska Public Radio Network. Steve has also anchored and reported for public radio stations in Orlando and Jacksonville, Florida. His award-winning features have been featured on several NPR programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
When he's not working, Steve is likely listening to public radio, playing guitar or watching his beloved Buckeyes.
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In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the rise in COVID cases due to the Delta variant and the FirstEnergy settlement to avoid prosecution in the nuclear bailout scandal. -
In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the rise in COVID cases due to the Delta variant and the FirstEnergy settlement to avoid prosecution in the nuclear bailout scandal.
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According to a source with knowledge of the deal, it includes pay raises and more rules for the city’s new civilian review board for police.
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For the first time since 2019, the Ohio State Fair begins Monday. But don’t expect any funnel cakes or carousels. There are no rides or public events scheduled at this year’s fair, after the Ohio Expositions Commission voted in April to make the 2021 event a junior fair.
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The Columbus Division on Police on Saturday hosts a virtual recruiting event that comes amid a drop in applications and a wave of retirements by existing officers.
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In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown talk about State Sen. Matt Dolan "listening" to voters as he considers a run for U.S. Senate, and how the home of the Cleveland Indians (a team owned by Dolan's family) could get some state-funded improvements.
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In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown talk about State Sen. Matt Dolan "listening" to voters as he considers a run for U.S. Senate, and how the home of the Cleveland Indians (a team owned by Dolan's family) could get some state-funded improvements.
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Columbus’ new civilian review board for police can get to work after City Council on Monday approved rules for the board created to provide more oversight of officers.
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A press release from Mount Carmel’s parent company Trinity Health says they will grant some medical and religious exemptions, but all other holdouts will have their employment terminated if they fail to meet a series of deadlines before the end of the year.
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Columbus Blue Jacket executives spoke to the media Wednesday for the first time since the Fourth of July fireworks accident that took the life of up-and-coming goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks.
