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 Extra: An update on SC tech school student Raul Zambrano
March 10, 2023I met Raul Zambrano in the Learning Commons at York Technical College — a place that in my college days in the Analog Age would be called the student center and not be capitalized — in September 2022. Raul was going back to school at age 30. Unlike a lot of his classmates... -
Women and students of color pay more for college in SC (but borrowers aren't doing so hot in general
March 09, 2023This article is part of the series InDebted — South Carolina Public Radio's deep dive into the ecosystem of debt in the Palmetto State. If one were to run the South Carolina numbers in the aggregate (and I assure you I have), the difference between student loan debt burden... -
InDebted Snapshot: Credit card debt by the numbers in South Carolina
March 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. Credit card debt is piling up. Again. Has been since last year. Over the course of 2022, post-pandemic wages grew at what, under certain... -
InDebted Solutions: Understanding credit scores
March 03, 2023Your credit score affects just about everything that involves your money, so it’s pretty important to understand some things about it. Like, for example, what it is. The Consumer Protection Finance Bureau (CFPB) defines credit score (i.e., FICO® score – more on that in a... -
So, South Carolina is the worst place for debt in the United States, you say?
March 02, 2023This article is part of the series InDebted — South Carolina Public Radio's deep dive into the ecosystem of debt in the Palmetto State. In the spring of 2021, I ran across a report from 24/7 Wall Street that sent me down a two-year rabbit hole. I’m pretty susceptible to... -
South Carolina leads the U.S. in Black homeownership, but there are still a few gaps to close
February 22, 2023In 2021, South Carolina led the U.S. in rates of homeownership among African-Americans, according to a report released Wednesday by ApartmentList. The Palmetto State’s 54.8 percent Black homeownership rate edged out Delaware and Mississippi, where rates were also above 53...