Christopher Connelly
Christopher Connelly is a KERA reporter based in Fort Worth. Christopher joined KERA after a year and a half covering the Maryland legislature for WYPR, the NPR member station in Baltimore. Before that, he was a Joan B. Kroc Fellow at NPR 鈥� one of three post-graduates who spend a year working as a reporter, show producer and digital producer at network HQ in Washington, D.C.
Christopher is a graduate of Antioch College in Ohio 鈥� he got his first taste of public radio there at WYSO 鈥� and he earned a master鈥檚 in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. He also has deep Texas roots: He spent summers visiting his grandparents in Fort Worth, and he has multiple aunts, uncles and cousins living there now.
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Car trouble can set off a financial crisis for low-income people. In Dallas, a small nonprofit is trying to help, one automobile repair at a time.
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Texans who managed to keep the lights on during the winter storm are getting sky-high electric bills, the product of a deregulated industry that allows power companies to charge variable rates.
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Voters in Fort Worth, Texas, and Detroit react to the second night of Democrats debating.
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For years in prison, Kristan Kerr looked forward to one thing every month: a visit from her daughter. "I just watched her grow all the way up," she says. -
Like many states, Texas faces an enormous backlog of untested rape kits. Now, state lawmakers are set to pass a bill that would effectively allow citizens to give money for the testing of those kits. -
Research shows that, like adults, kids benefit from frequent breaks while working. So, a handful of schools in North Texas are experimenting with more recess.
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The day after Baltimore's top prosecutor announced murder charges against six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, more than 1,000 turned out for a mostly peaceful rally in front of city hall.
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The small town of Gettysburg, Pa., has rolled out the red carpet for tens of thousands of visitors this week. The town hopes the tourists, descending to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, will mean a $100 million boost to the local economy. -
Nearly two years ago, a freak earthquake rocked the Washington, D.C., area and damaged more than 500 stone slabs on the Washington Monument. Now, the monument is covered in scaffolding, and crews are getting to work on one, huge caulking job.
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If you've been arrested in the last 10 years, there's a good chance your arrest photo ended up on any number of websites. You'll have to pay to make them take it down, but one lawyer aims to make the websites pay instead.
