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 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.
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Brandy Schillace says her new main character shares some similarities with her, including being on the autism spectrum.
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Former CEO Chuck Jones and VP Michael Dowling and former PUCO Chairman Sam Randazzo deny wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in court this week.
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A new class of drugs is making headlines for their weight loss benefits. They are known as GLP-1 or glucagon-like peptide agonists.
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A program looks to close the legal gap in 82 counties by incentivizing young attorneys toward public service.
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The city this week passed a policy overhaul referred to as “Renters First.”
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The Ohio Senate voted to override vetoes on House Bill 68 that prohibits gender affirming care for transgender youth. It also overrode a veto on a measure that prevented cities from enacting their own tobacco bans.
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The proposal to pay students has bipartisan support and aims to tackle the state’s chronic absenteeism problem.