Christopher Connelly
Christopher Connelly is a KERA reporter based in Fort Worth. Christopher joined KERA after a year and a half covering the Maryland legislature for WYPR, the NPR member station in Baltimore. Before that, he was a Joan B. Kroc Fellow at NPR – one of three post-graduates who spend a year working as a reporter, show producer and digital producer at network HQ in Washington, D.C.
Christopher is a graduate of Antioch College in Ohio – he got his first taste of public radio there at WYSO – and he earned a master’s in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. He also has deep Texas roots: He spent summers visiting his grandparents in Fort Worth, and he has multiple aunts, uncles and cousins living there now.
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Researchers at Tarleton State University will focus on how data can be used to improve the quality of policing in Texas. The Institute for Predictive Analytics in Criminal Justice will dig into hot button issues in policing and try to find answers using science.
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Two North Texas hospitals hit capacity this week, as the share of hospital beds devoted to COVID-19 patients hit new records across the region. It’s an ominous sign ahead of an expected surge in cases contracted as people gathered for Thanksgiving celebrations.
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The holiday shopping season kicked into high gear Friday, and despite COVID-19, the average North Texan plans to spend significantly more on the holidays than they did last year.
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New research from the Texas Council on Family Violence shows that most of the victims were women killed by men. Most were shot with a gun. And that was before a surge of domestic violence during this year's lockdowns.
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With federal stimulus and protections for renters mostly expired or reduced, housing experts warn that as many as 1 in 10 Texans could face eviction in the coming months.
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Do Black households face higher home energy bills than white households? That was the question a University of California-Berkeley researcher set out to...
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The Trump Administration is planning to severely limit approvals of new H-1B visas. Companies use that type of visa to bring in temporary guest workers...
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The last time Stacey’s boyfriend strangled her, she nearly died. “I woke up, I just felt numb. My whole body was just like, am I here? Am I dead?” she...
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Last month, as Texas began to shutter businesses and cancel public events, counties across the state began cutting the number of people in local jails,...
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In Denton County, Texas, there are more than 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a state-run home for people with severe disabilities.