Kendall Crawford
Reporter, The Ohio NewsroomKendall Crawford most recently worked as a reporter at Iowa Public Radio. There, she was tasked with covering a 20-county region in rural western Iowa and making those stories relevant to the rest of the state. She covered issues spanning a variety of topics, including refugee populations, renewable energy, agriculture and rural schools.
Before then, she helped cover the Tennessee legislature at WPLN in Nashville, and she reported on education for St. Louis Public Radio.
Kendall grew up in northern Kentucky, right across the river from Cincinnati.
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Fairfield County native Jacqueline Ratliff is sailing aboard the Nautilus, in hopes of documenting unexplored ocean habitats. -
A couple of Ohio jails have invested in biometric bracelets to better monitor the health of people within their facilities. They say the tech could save lives. Not everyone is on board. -
Nurses across the state are pushing for hospitals to adopt mandatory staffing ratios, amid overwhelming patient loads. But hospitals and rural providers say it could make things worse. -
Newly passed Ohio gun legislation will give a safe storage option for gun owners in crisis. -
The Ohio Department of Behavioral Health recently developed a program to train those funding behavioral health initiatives in prevention science. -
A study out of Bowling Green State University found a dangerous fungus present on needles used to inject drugs. -
Housing affordability is attracting people to the Midwest and Ohio, reversing a decades-long trend of out-migration. -
Wright State University in Dayton is creating a new curriculum to help rural students understand artificial intelligence. -
New research out of the University of Toledo shows that invasive goldfish can alter entire ecosystems and decrease water quality. -
Ohio communities are grappling with how to regulate the growing industry of short-term rentals.
