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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Nursing in South Carolina One Year Later – Part 3: How To Learn a Lesson from Chaos
June 24, 2021The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the need for 1.1 million new nurses by next year, and the American Nurse Association anticipates that there will be more available jobs for registered nurses in 2022 than for any other profession. That might mean a lot of... -
Nursing in South Carolina One Year Later – Part 2: 'I Don't Need a Cookie, I Need Systemic Change'
June 23, 2021The pandemic made a lot of people immediately aware how valuable nurses are. And the outpouring of support from the public did help to lift the spirits of intensive care nurses like Peyton Korhorn and Amanda Henneage. So too did the banners their hospital administrators hung... -
Nursing in South Carolina One Year Later – Part 1: These ICU Nurses Aren't Going Anywhere
June 22, 2021Peyton Korhorn and Amanda Henneage are both new to the ICU. Korhorn because it's her first nursing job and Henneage because she transferred to it. Both started their new gigs in the spring of 2020 — exactly when the pandemic swept through South Carolina and threw everything... -
ICYMI - A News Quiz - June 17, 2021
June 17, 2021A week's worth of news in a quiz... (Can't see the quiz? Refresh your browser. Some users may have to update to the latest version of your web browser.) -
Pedicures for Men and the Spartanburg Mom Who Made It Happen (In 7 Months)
June 08, 2021When Shana Soberanis got to mid-September last year, her life was as upside down as it was likely to get. She’d once worked in IT. Now she was unemployed and having zero luck finding a new job. She lost her sister in March and she was suddenly the mom of her sister’s three... -
Tick Tick Tick: What a Plucky Band of Parasite Hunters Found in SC’s Woods
May 20, 2021When you think of tick-borne diseases, what’s the first that comes to mind? Lyme, right? Well, the good news, says Dr. Melissa Nolan, an epidemiology professor at the University of South Carolina, is that “the risk of Lyme disease is still probably pretty low” in the...