Scott Morgan
Scott Morgan
Reporter, Producer
Scott Morgan is the Upstate multimedia reporter for SC Public Radio, based in Rock Hill. He cut his teeth as a newspaper reporter and editor in New Jersey before finding a home in public radio in Texas. Scott joined SC Public Radio in March 2019. His work has appeared in numerous national and regional publications as well as on NPR and MSNBC. He's won numerous state, regional, and national awards for his work including a national Edward R. Murrow.
Stories
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What if payday loans came with warning labels?
March 30, 2023This article is part of the series InDebted — South Carolina Public Radio's deep dive into the ecosystem of debt in the Palmetto State. Should high-interest loans come with warning labels? “I think that would work,” says Dr. Ozgur Ince, a professor of finance at the... -
InDebted Explainer: Understanding short-term loans
March 24, 2023This article is part of the series InDebted — South Carolina Public Radio's deep dive into the ecosystem of debt in the Palmetto State. Do you have options? Financial ones, I mean. Like, if your tire blew or the baby broke out in a rash and you needed $500 to get the... -
The lenders, the lobbies, and the fight for a 36% rate cap in South Carolina
March 23, 2023This article is part of the series InDebted — South Carolina Public Radio's deep dive into the ecosystem of debt in the Palmetto State. South Carolina has a rather unflattering reputation when it comes to short-term lending. “We have a number of high-cost lenders... -
InDebted: Barnwell — A love story
March 16, 2023This story is part of the series InDebted — South Carolina Public Radio's deep dive into the ecosystem of debt in the Palmetto State. I don't live where I'm from. There are many reasons for this. So when a then-18-year-old named Jorell Banks told me and a room full of his... -
InDebted Solutions: What can we do about student loans?
March 10, 2023When people in the halls of South Carolina ETV and Public Radio first got wind of the InDebted project, more of them asked me if I would be covering student loans than anyone has ever asked me about anything I’ve done in my 22 years in journalism. Yes, Virginia, and yes... -
InDebted Extra: An update on SC tech school student Raul Zambrano
March 10, 2023I met Raul Zambrano in the Learning Commons at York Technical College — a place that in my college days in the Analog Age would be called the student center and not be capitalized — in September 2022. Raul was going back to school at age 30. Unlike a lot of his classmates...