About

StateImpact Ohio

StateImpact Ohio is a collaboration among WCPN, WKSU, WOSU and NPR. Reporters Molly Bloom and Ida Lieszkovszky travel the state to report on the state of education in Ohio, where it’s heading and how it affects you. Read their reports on this site and listen to them on public radio stations across Ohio.

Partners

wcpn

90.3 WCPN ideastream

Northeast Ohio 90.3 FM
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wksu

WKSU

Kent, OH 89.7 FM
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wosu

WOSU

Columbus, OH 89.7 FM
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Supporting Organizations

WCBE, WCSU, WDPR, WGTE, WGUC, WOUB, WVXU, WYSO, WYSU

Staff

Molly Bloom

Digital Reporter

Molly Bloom is a reporter for StateImpact Ohio. She has covered education and other topics for the Austin American-Statesman and the Newark Star-Ledger. A New Jersey native, she has a bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University. She can be reached at molly.bloom@ideastream.org or (216) 202-0665.

Ida Lieszkovszky

Broadcast Reporter

Ida Lieszkovszky is the Cleveland-based reporter for StateImpact Ohio. She covered a variety of topics for WCPN in Cleveland, her hometown, before heading out West to cover state government for Capitol Public Radio in California. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and psychology from Miami University.

The Network

Issues That Matter. Close To Home.

StateImpact seeks to inform and engage local communities with broadcast and online news focused on how state government decisions affect your lives. The eight-state network is a collaboration among local member stations and NPR.

We aim to put news in context by providing insight, data-driven analysis and background. We work to give you the information you need to hold state government accountable. Our reporters travel the state to learn about public policy issues from the people affected by them, and we invite discussion on this site about those issues.

The participating stations in each state have chosen one of four policy areas to focus on: state budgets, education, energy and the economy. Read more about the network at our hub.

Participating States

Florida
Education
Idaho
Economy
Indiana
Education
New Hampshire
Economy
Ohio
Education
Oklahoma
Economy
Pennsylvania
Energy
Texas
Energy

About NPR

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