Nick Evans
Former ReporterNick Evans was a reporter at WOSU's 89.7 NPR News. He spent four years in Tallahassee, Florida covering state government before joining the team at WOSU.
Since coming north, Nick has covered school walkouts, a local bookshop, and rural internet access. He's most comfortable in the field with a microphone meeting people who are living the stories you hear on the radio.
Nick has a bachelor's degree in Literature from UC Santa Cruz and Masters in Communication from Florida State University. In between he sold sweatshirts and then boots, until he realized the best part of the day was listening to podcasts on the bike ride home. Online surveys peg him as a Gryffindor, but he always saw himself as more of a Ravenclaw.
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Columbus officials have banned the use of electric scooters in the Short North arts district due to an uptick in violent crime. -
Columbus is directing $3.5 million from the American Rescue Plan to local childcare centers, to boost hiring, and reduce costs for lower income families. -
A week after Columbus city officials announced a federal review of the Columbus police department, local faith leaders are urging the feds to go further. -
Saturday marks 20 years since the 9/11 attacks. The collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York claimed thousands of lives and altered the course of American life. In the immediate aftermath, first responders from around the country flooded into the city to assist with search and rescue efforts, among them Craig Mignogno, part of Ohio Task Force 1. -
The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to review the Columbus Division of Police at the request of city officials. -
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther has tapped Robert Clark, a former FBI agent who led operations at the Los Angeles field office, to serve as the city’s next director of public safety. -
Columbus officials and a mortgage lender have asked a judge to remove the owner of an eastside apartment complex dogged by an array of code violations. Colonial Village residents said managers are unresponsive and don’t keep up with basic maintenance issues. The property has also become a magnet for crime and violence. -
For the past few months, Columbus has placed a social worker in the 911-dispatch unit to help triage calls for service. At the surface level, the program aims to divert calls away from police, but in a broader sense the initiative is meant to better diagnose what callers really need and to de-escalate volatile situations before first responders arrive.
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Columbus Public Health hosts its final Vax For Cash clinics, at least for now, on Monday in Linden and on the city's eastside. -
A team of 15 high schools students has taken over a Short North storefront to roll out a capsule fashion line. The students went from idea to finished product during a 10-week paid internship, picking up branding, design, production and marketing skills along the way. Today is the final day for their Short North pop-up.
