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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Deepfakes: How USC is Fighting to Stay Ahead of Misinformation
October 01, 2020Deepfake (noun): Synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness. You stumble across a video of Nicholas Cage as Superman. You think, “Wait a minute – Nic never played Superman!” And you’d be right. But what if you... -
Program Opens South Carolina's Rural Housing Market to First (and Second) Time Buyers
September 24, 2020Isn’t it interesting how differently the following two phrases sound: A little house in the country. Affordable rural housing. They’re the same thing, really. But perceptions about life in the country depend almost entirely on whether someone with choices opts to buy a house... -
An Upstate Collaborative Chronicles Moral Distress in 'Non-Essential' Healthcare Workers
September 11, 2020The mental health crisis among healthcare workers in the pandemic is, in large part, one of moral crisis. We’ve reported on the emotional toll COVID-19 can take on frontline healthcare workers. But what about the toll it’s taking on professionals at the further reaches of... -
COVID Took Abused Kids Off the Radar. Reopened Schools Are Letting SCDSS Caseworkers Catch Back Up
September 04, 2020One of the upsides to having children back in a physical classroom is that the state's child protective services workers can talk to kids again. A lot of them are dealing with abuse or neglect and it's easier to catch up with several of them when they're in one place, away... -
A Counter Protest from History and the Rebirth of a Fabled Rock Hill Restaurant
September 01, 2020One could make much of the timing of Chef Rob Masone’s next big food venture, seeing that it just happens to intersect with a moment that’s brought us both a pandemic and a major conversation about the meaning and breadth of race and racism in the United States. The moment... -
Sports Proving a Valuable Buoy For Rock Hill in the Pandemic
August 28, 2020Rock Hill’s shiny new Sports & Event Center was all set to be a big deal. It was just slated to open at a colossally unfortunate time – March, 2020. To be fair, it did open, briefly. There was a soft launch; a few events happened. But the city’s newest economic driver, a...