Leigh Barr
Coordinating Producer “Sound of Ideas”Expertise: Producing and writing television, radio and digital news scripts and newscasts
Education: Kent State University - bachelor's degree
Experience:
Leigh Barr is a career producer with more than 20 years' experience covering the people and stories of Northeast Ohio.
Highlights:
- · 2020 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Award - Radio “Best Public Affairs Program in Ohio”
Why trust Ideastream Public Media?
The mission of Ideastream Public Media is to be a trustworthy and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us. Our highest priority is providing news and information that is reliable and accurate, that is gathered with integrity and professional care and that is presented with precision and respect for the intelligence of our audiences. We are transparent about how we discover and verify the facts we present and strive to make our decision-making process clear to the public. We disclose relationships, such as with partners or funders, that might appear, but will never, influence our coverage.
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The Bibb Administration is proposing the creation of a tax increment financing overlay district or TIF to transform Cleveland’s downtown and its waterfronts. It's called “Shore-to-Core-to-Shore.”
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Quartez Harris worked as an elementary school teacher in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. He talked about how that experience and his students shaped his writing.
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In “Lola and the Troll,” Connie Schultz offers a story about a little girl standing you to her bully.
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The system will alert drivers to slowing or stopped traffic and give them more time to react to the changing traffic conditions.
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The decision by the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission came despite emotional opposition.
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The real-life winning experience of the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Gymnastics team defies even Hollywood movie storylines.
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Cleveland Public Safety Director Karrie Howard resigned on Feb. 23.
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The documentary tells the story of the Lincoln School Marchers and their fight for racial justice.
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Cleveland budget hearings and recommendations for updating police training top this week’s discussion of news on the Reporters Roundtable.
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House Bill 6 has been on the books since 2019. The bill and its passage have been at the center of a public corruption scandal investigation that went public nearly four years ago.