computer-assisted reporting editor, The Plain Dealer
Rich Exner is The Plain Dealer's computer assisted reporting editor, responsible for database analysis and using mapping and data programs as reporting tools throughout the newsroom. He maintains Data Central, The Plain Dealer's online home for archived data and interactive maps. Rich previously was an assistant metro editor, metro reporter and sports copy editor. Before joining The Plain Dealer in 1991, Rich was the Ohio state editor and Cleveland Bureau manager for United Press International. He is a journalism graduate from Ohio State University.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Rich Exner
Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
"We're within 600 miles of 60 percent of America. We're in a perfect location."
A space shuttle the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton would be "within a day's drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population."
Twenty-two million jobs were created during Clinton’s two terms but only 3 million during Bush’s.
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