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A freelance reporter based in Arizona, Stephanie was the inaugural criminal justice reporter with Signal Cleveland until October 2024. She wrote about the criminal legal system, explaining the complexities and shedding light on injustices/inequities in the system and centering the experiences of justice-involved individuals, both victims and people who go through the criminal legal system and their families.

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A photo of Cleveland Community Police Commissioner Teri Wang (right) telling Co-Chair Audrianna Rodriguez (second from left) that she is out of order and must request to speak at the Cleveland Community Police Commission meeting on July 12, 2023.
Posted inGovernment, News, Public Safety

Mayor Bibb rejects Community Police Commission’s choice for executive director

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova July 20, 2023October 18, 2024
Angela Cecys, senior strategist for public safety and health with the Cleveland Department of Public Health, sits behind her desk in the Department of Public Health building on Friday, July 7, 2023.
Posted inPublic Safety

Health and safety strategist brings diverse experience to new crisis response management role

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova July 20, 2023November 29, 2023
Azzurra Crispino speaks out against the proposed new jail at the Cuyahoga County council meeting at the Cuyahoga County Administrative Building on July 6, 2023.
Posted inPublic Safety

‘We must go looking for people to fill up those jail cells’

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova July 8, 2023November 29, 2023
The Community Police Commission voted to approve its budget at its community meeting at the Frederick Douglass Recreation Center on Feb. 8, 2022.
Posted inPublic Safety

Community Police Commission opens grant applications for violence prevention work

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova July 7, 2023October 18, 2024
Lori D'Angelo (left) introduces Mayor Justin Bibb (center) to Magnolia Clubhouse members and the organization's board members during his visit Tuesday afternoon, June 27, 2023. To the mayor's left, two people sit at a table.
Posted inPublic Safety

Magnolia Clubhouse opens its doors to Mayor Justin Bibb, city partnership

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova June 28, 2023November 29, 2023
Luzelena Klopp (izquierda) y Rosa Briola (derecha) quitan malezas y podan plantas en el Jardín Cultural Colombiano el 10 de junio de 2023.
Posted inNews

Tres países latinoamericanos hacen historia en Cleveland Cultural Gardens

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova June 23, 2023June 29, 2023
Luzelena Klopp (left) and Rosa Briola (right) pull weeds and trim plants at the Colombian Cultural Garden on June 10, 2023. The women are both wearing yellow shirts. Klopp is in red shorts and a red, yellow and blue striped hat, the colors of the Colombian flag. Briola is in jeans, bending down, her hand pulling up weeds from the ground.
Posted inNews

Three Latin American countries making history at Cleveland Cultural Gardens

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova June 22, 2023July 13, 2023
Housing inspector Steve Lang surveys a home on West 86th Street near Wentworth Avenue in the West Boulevard neighborhood. He holds a tablet where he answers a series of questions about the home.
Posted inNews

Quality of Cleveland’s occupied homes and structures dips, new property survey shows 

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova June 15, 2023February 19, 2025
Shalenah Williams, sits on the left side of a room talking with a group of women at an event titled, “You Are My Sister – A Conversation about Police Violence with Black Women.” The event took place on March 23, at Toward Employment. It was the first in a series of discussions the Community Police Commission is organizing.
Posted inPublic Safety

Conversation to shed light on trans, queer and non-binary community’s police interactions 

Stephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice Reporter by Stephanie Casanova June 13, 2023October 18, 2024
Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb at a news conference on revitalizing downtown.
Posted inNews

STEM scholarship for Ohio girls, hiring Cleveland’s hirer, buddies Bibb and Ronayne (Weekly Chatter)

Avatar photoNick Castele, Government ReporterStephanie Casanova, Criminal Justice ReporterAmy Morona, Higher Education Reporter by Mark Naymik, Nick Castele, Stephanie Casanova and Amy Morona June 12, 2023June 11, 2023

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