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.
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Stories
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InDebted Solutions: Resources for South Carolina
April 19, 2023Two things shocked me when I began reporting for the InDebted project in 2021: Everyone has debt and yet everyone feels isolated by it; and There are boundless resources in South Carolina that can help get a lot of people out of bad debt, but people do not know about them... -
InDebted: How RIP Medical Debt bailed a Spartanburg woman out of hospital debt
April 17, 2023Terri Logan wasn’t opening her mail. She wasn’t in a good place in life – recently separated from her husband, mired in bills, depressed, and, critically, unable to get out from under $1.400 in hospital bills that she incurred after her daughter was born prematurely. But the... -
InDebted: Super-sophisticated, overcomplicated, and extra-obfuscatory.
April 13, 2023Have you ever bought a car from a dealer? New car, used car (excuse me: preowned vehicle), it doesn’t matter. Either way, you’re about to sign page after page after page of dense paperwork you’re not really going to read. And if you do read it, says David Maxfield, consumer... -
InDebted Explainer: Poverty, health insurance, TANF, and medical debt in South Carolina
April 10, 2023First the good news – South Carolina, according to a 2022 report by Forbes, is the least-expensive state south of Virginia in which to get medical care. The average cost of health care per person in South Carolina is $8,362. South Carolina also has one of the lowest rates of... -
InDebted: South Carolina’s medical debt is 2nd-worst in the US
April 07, 2023If you took everyone in South Carolina and smooshed us all down into 100 total people, 22 of us would have medical debt that’s ended up in collections. And if none of us where white and you smooshed us down into 100 total people, 28 of us would have medical debt that’s ended... -
How to lose your home by getting sick
April 06, 2023This article is part of the series InDebted — South Carolina Public Radio's deep dive into the ecosystem of debt in the Palmetto State. “Michelle Strickland” isn’t Michelle Strickland’s real name. She doesn’t want the world to know her real identity. She does, however, want...