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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On not losing your family around the Thanksgiving table
November 23, 2021Thanksgiving will be the first time some families will get together in just about two years. It’s certainly been a long two years. Political lines over the coronavirus, vaccines, masks, mandates, racial justice, equity, police reform … all etched in deeper and deeper ground... -
Five years on, a look back and a look ahead at what the Pinnacle Mountain fire was all about
November 09, 2021If writing has a shortcoming it is the impossibility of conveying just how sumptuous the view from Pinnacle Mountain is on a perfect day. A picture like the one above helps, some, but images alone can’t brush your arm with a light breeze or warm your skin or gift you the... -
South Carolina's post-moratorium eviction wave hasn't quite materialized, but there's more to it...
November 01, 2021Lancaster County caught a kind of break. It is one of the counties eligible to tap into the $272 million pool of rental assistance money available through the SC Stay Plus program. To date, according to SC Housing, which administers SC Stay Plus funds, Lancaster County has... -
How a group of USC student journalists went from online punching bag to reshaping newsroom culture
October 22, 2021‘We’re not OK.’ Last October, that was the opening salvo in the college newspaper editorial read ’round the world. That’s not hyperbole. All the major state newspapers covered it. So did we. So did CNN. Press clubs weighed in. Social media ran it through its fangs …. All... -
In the pandemic, thousands of South Carolinians are overdosing on fentanyl-laced pills: A snapshot
October 19, 2021In April of 2019, 473 South Carolinians overdosed on opioids. A year later, at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic’s lockdowns and restrictions on social gatherings, that number leapt to 712. And one month after that, in May of 2020, the number of statewide overdoses hit... -
World-renowned artist (and SC native) Shepard Fairey to craft Rock Hill's newest work on the 'Mural
October 14, 2021‘Latitude for interpretation is part of the beauty of public art ….” So begins a perspective on what art can say in an age when monolog, not dialog, seems so very much in charge. For Shepard Fairey, the guy who saying this to me over Zoom, art is the beginning of a...