Alison Holm

Reporter, News Anchor, International Fiduciary Compliance Officer

A native of Chicago, Alison grew up in Cincinnati and lived in several cities that did not begin with the letter "C" before she moved to Columbus. She received a BA from Earlham College and briefly attended Bir Zeit and Hebrew University. After a wide ranging career that included late night jazz host, housing discrimination field investigator, and occupational health video production, she settled on radio news as the best excuse to talk to people for a living. Some of her favorite interviews include Nikki Giovanni, Yo-yo Ma and N'tobo M'beke. Alison has an equal passion for Midwest history, hockey and Slavic poetry.

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Big Ten and OSU Football Season To Start In October

By Associated Press & Alison Holm • Sep 16, 2020

Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after the conference announced it would push football and other fall sports to spring because of the pandemic, the conference changed course.

DeWine Says Jump In Days Total of COVID-19 Deaths Reflect Reporting Delay

By Alison Holm • Sep 15, 2020

State health officials reported 1,001 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24-hours, in keeping with the three week average.

Federal Grant Will Help Expand Health Education And Services In Columbus Schools

By Alison Holm • Sep 11, 2020

Children's Hospital in Columbus will use a 2.5 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to set up an addtional school-based health clinic for Columbus City School students and expand a reproductive health education pilot program launched last year.

DeWine Says Flu Shots More Important During COVID-19 Pandemic

By Ohio Public Radio & Alison Holm • Sep 11, 2020

State health officials say Coronavirus and influenza could prove a deadly combination this winter.

Inmates At Two Prisons Found Dead In Their Cells

By Alison Holm & Jim Letizia • Sep 1, 2020

Officials at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility say a 17-year-old inmate died Monday.

Bars And Restaurants Can Apply To Expand Outdoor Seating

By Alison Holm • Aug 31, 2020

Some Columbus bars and restaurants may expand their outdoor seating option under a pilot program.

OSU To Cut Millions In Spending Due To COVID-19

By Alison Holm • Aug 28, 2020

Ohio State University will make over 250 million dollars in budget cuts next year because of revenue losses and increased costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Franklin County COVID-19 Level Downgraded, Columbus Schools Will Open Up Sports

By Alison Holm • Aug 27, 2020

Franklin County is no longer a red level threat for coronavirus, according to state health officials, for the first time since the public health advisory system was developed.

Dozens Of OSU Students, Staffers Test Positive For COVID-19

By Alison Holm • Aug 26, 2020

State health officials Tuesday reported 777 new cases of COVID-19 and ten new deaths.

Schools Can Apply For Variance On Game Spectators

By Alison Holm • Aug 25, 2020

As high school sports programs began to plan their fall season, there are still a lot of details to work out.

CCS Administrator Who Also Held Job With Philadelphia Schools Resigns

By Alison Holm & Jim Letizia • Aug 25, 2020

The Columbus City Schools' chief academic officer has resigned, after district officials learned from a Pennsylvania radio report that she simultaneously held a similar position for the Philadelphia school district.

Therapist Says Prepare Kids For School Year In Advance

By Alison Holm • Aug 21, 2020

School this year will be different, whether students are learning online or heading back to the classroom. In Thursday's coronavirus press conference, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine turned to a school therapist for advice on easing children and parents worries.

OSU, Other Schools Report Receiving Bomb Threats

By Alison Holm & Jim Letizia • Aug 21, 2020

Ohio State University is one of several schools nationwide that received bomb threats Thursday.

Fall Sports Can Return To Schools, With Some Restrictions

By Alison Holm • Aug 18, 2020

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is clearing the way for high school sports to return this fall.

DeWine Wants 10 PM Last Call At Bars And Restaurants

By Alison Holm • Jul 30, 2020

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine wants to limit alcohol sales at bars and restaurants, in an effort to slow community spread of coronavirus.

Governor DeWine Pushes Back On Ban Of Unproven COVID-19 Drug

By Alison Holm • Jul 30, 2020

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is asking the state Board of Pharmacy to reconsider a ban on prescribing hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.

State Limiting Operations At County Fairs Due To COVID-19

By Alison Holm • Jul 29, 2020

After reports of outbreaks of COVID-19 traced to county and local fairs, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is calling for junior fairs only, banning many of the usual trappings of large fairs:

DeWine Offers Child Care Centers The Option To Expand

By Alison Holm • Jul 28, 2020

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced steps to ease restrictions on daycare centers that have kept some parents from going back to work.

Columbus City Schools Canceling In-Person Classes In September

By Alison Holm • Jul 28, 2020

Columbus City Schools Superintendent Talisa Dixon says all classes k-12 will be online only for the first quarter of the school year.

Study Indicates African American Children More Likely To Die After Surgery

By Alison Holm • Jul 27, 2020

African-American children are three and a half times more likely to die after surgery than white children, according to a study from Children's Hospital in Columbus.

DeWine Calls For Repeal Of Nuclear Bailout Bill

By Alison Holm • Jul 23, 2020

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is calling on the General Assembly to repeal and replace House Bill 6, the contentious nuclear plant bailout passed last year, in light of information coming out in the bribery and conspiracy investigation into House Speaker Larry Householder.

Dewine Orders Masks Statewide, Issues Travel Advisory

By Alison Holm • Jul 22, 2020

As the Ohio Department of Health reported the second highest single-day total of COVID-19 cases, Governor Mike DeWine ordered mandatory face masks for the entire state beginning Thursday at 6pm.

Woman Allegedly Shot And Wounded Two Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies

By Jim Letizia & Alison Holm • Jul 22, 2020

A woman who allegedly shot two Franklin County Sheriff's deputies and then hid inside her North Linden home was taken into custody Tuesday.

DeWine Calls On Householder To Resign Following Speaker's Arrest

By Alison Holm • Jul 21, 2020

Just hours after Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested by federal officials in a $60 million dollar bribery case, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is calling on his fellow Republican to resign.

60% Of State's Population Will Be Covered By Mask Order

By Alison Holm • Jul 16, 2020

Data released today by the Ohio Department of Health places 19 of Ohio's 88 counties -- including the most populous - under a level three public health advisory, triggering a public health order requiring masks worn indoors and when social distancing is not possible.