Melinda Stephan – Reporting Public Policy

Reporting Public Policy

A Reporting Project of the Kent State University School of Media and Journalism

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Melinda Stephan December 9, 2015January 25, 2016 0 Comments city engineer, councilman, federal insurance, FEMA, floodplain, Forest Lake, jim bowling, John Kuhar, kent city council, Melissa Long

Changing floodplain, changing attitudes

The City of Kent updated floodplain boundaries for the first time since the 1970s. The new floodplain is a drastic

Group Project Heroin Epidemic

Melinda Stephan November 25, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments Addiction, crack, DEA, DeAnna Hoskins, decriminalization, Drug-Free Action Alliance, epidemic, Heroin, incarceration, Marcie Seidel, Robert Stutman, Stephanie Howse

Epidemics past and present: Will decriminalization help?

As heroin-related deaths reach record levels, would drug decriminalization help or hinder the fight against the heroin epidemic? In what

Melinda Stephan October 28, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments Abbe Turner, Agriculture, farming, female farmers, Ferrum Morraine Farm, grant, Gwenn Volkert, Kent, Lucky Penny Creamery, subsidy, wage discrepancy, wage gap, women farmers

Female farmers: The field is changing

By Julie Selby & Melinda Stephan Women have faced discrimination throughout history, but two local female farmers have quite a

Melinda Stephan October 15, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments Abbe Turner, Anderson Turner, cajeta, City of Kent, confection, creamery, farm, food deserts, food waste, Food Waste for Farms, goat, grants, Haymaker Farmer's Market, Kent, Lucky Penny, milk, National Fancy Food Show, ohio, Recycle Pots and Pans, USDA, Value Added Producer Grant

Lucky Penny grants fund more than a farm

By Julie Selby & Melinda Stephan One-woman-band Abbe Turner not only runs a local creamery, but started an initiative that

Melinda Stephan September 30, 2015September 14, 2016 0 Comments abatement, asbestos, asbestosis, buildings, campus, chrysotile, Health, mesothelioma, renovation, safety, structure

Asbestos on Campus

By Julie Selby & Melinda Stephan Renovations at Kent State warrant attention to the cancer-causing mineral that may be hidden