M.L. Schultze
M.L. Schultze came to WKSU as news director in July 2007 after 25 years at The Repository in Canton, where she was managing editor for nearly a decade. She’s now the digital editor and an award-winning reporter and analyst who has appeared on NPR, Here and Now and the TakeAway, as well as being a regular panelist on Ideas, the WVIZ public television's reporter roundtable.
Schultze's work includes ongoing reporting on community-police relations; immigration; fracking and extensive state, local and national political coverage. She’s also past president of Ohio Associated Press Media Editors and the Akron Press Club, and remains on the board of both.
A native of the Philadelphia, Pa., area, Schultze graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism and political science. She lives in Canton with her husband, Rick Senften, the retired special projects editor at The Rep and now a specialist working with kids involved in the juvenile courts. Their daughter, Gwen, lives and works in the Washington, D.C.-area with her husband and two sons. Their son, Christopher, lives in Hawaii.
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Rich Cordray was thought to be a shoo-in as the democratic nominee for governor. Then along came Dennis Kucinich. Now, these two well-known progressives are vying for Tuesday's nomination. -
An Ohio judge is considering whether a 16-year-old was so drunk she couldn't consent to sex with two high school football players. The case also spurs debate over teen drinking, sex and social media. -
Ohio is a swing state and both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been courting voters there. Some voters in Canton say this election is the most important of their lifetimes.
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Akron is one of four cities using civic-engagement grants to make voting a more playful and community-oriented act. -
There are about 500,000 elected officials in the U.S. For those running for office far, far down the ballot, it can be hard to get attention in a noisy presidential election year.
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich is running as a relative moderate in the Republican presidential field. During his five years in office, his record suggests a more complicated governing style.
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If a ballot measure is approved, Ohio could become the fifth state to legalize recreational marijuana. But a dueling initiative could lead to a court fight. -
In Cleveland, residents, protesters and pastors are expressing disappointment following a judge's verdict Saturday acquitting a police officer in the 2012 fatal shooting of two black men.
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Don Plusquellic is credited with transforming Akron's economy from old industrial to new tech. But he's also been called bombastic and a bully. -
In Akron, Ohio, some students made a reference card designed to improve relations between the community and police. It offers tips on how to behave — and how to report police misconduct.
