Scott Morgan

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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.

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  • Understanding the COVID Vaccination Process in South Carolina

    January 13, 2021
    The COVID-19 vaccine is here. But you might be confused about when you can get it or how. So let’s break it down. Listen to the story by Scott Morgan. A production of South Carolina Public Radio. First: COVID vaccines will be delivered in phases. The more likely you are to...
  • Wild Hope Farm practices a few simple techniques that could have a real effect on the air, if scaled up. The farm's manager, Shawn Jadrnicek, says the techniques are meant to make the business profitable first, but the environmental benefits are a nice side salad.

    Maybe This Chester Farm Can Help With Climate Change

    January 08, 2021
    In a chilly December sunset at Wild Hope Farm, the chickens are nice and warm, bobbing around inside an enclosed pen while a pair of China geese float in a small pond just outside. Stretching out to their right are long strips of green cover cops and similarly long strips of...
  • Lancaster County's COVID data, according to DHEC, as of Jan. 6.

    COVID is Stretching Lancaster County's Morgue

    January 06, 2021
    Death is not the end of things when it comes to COVID. Not for coroners, anyway. “People hear ‘death’ and it carries the connotation that it’s over,” says Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese. “There’s so much more that occurs.” Most people likely haven’t thought about how...
  • Historic Brattonsville would normally be swimming in holiday visitors, Christmas carolers, and storytellers right about now. But even history needs to adapt and improvise sometimes.

    Adaptation and Evolution in York County's Historical Museums

    December 17, 2020
    If there's a silver lining to 2020, it's that having to adapt to a society of avatars has made businesses and organizatons a lot more creative in how they reach their audiences. That's as true for the Culture and History Museums of York County as it is for anyone. The sites...
  • Barbara Pollard is one of thousands of Greenville residents who got help with utility bills by calling the United Way. The agency, in connection with several others (including utility companies) is helping people stay in their homes and stay safe.

    A Community Effort to Pay the Bills in Greenville

    December 03, 2020
    On a given day, the United Way of Greenville County used to field 50, maybe 60 calls from residents needing help. When the pandemic and its economic haymaker struck, call volume increased to 500 a day. And it’s stayed there. The calls come from wave after wave of Greenville...
  • The novel coronavirus got into the Durkee family early.

    A Fort Mill Mom, COVID, and Five Months of Recovery

    November 17, 2020
    When Kati Durkee got a sore throat, she went to the pharmacy. A week later, she found out that it wasn't a cold. Or allergies. And that food poisoning that settled in, that wasn't food poisoning either. A week later still, Durkee's son (Durkee has a son in 11th grade and a...