Stories from the Line: Unemployment in Ohio
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
You’ve heard the numbers. 435,000 people in Ohio are out of a job. That’s 435,000 stories. Over the coming days and weeks ideastream® will be bringing you stories from the line…. The unemployment line. We're talking to a banking executive, an appliance salesman, a construction worker and more.. We'll hear how they are coping emotionally, how they dealing with bills that pile up, what they think is next for them. ideastream®’s Dan Bobkoff and Eric Wellman talk about the statistics behind the faces.

Stories from the Line: a Retail Perspective
Regional News Stories: Friday, December 12, 2008
In the coming weeks on Morning Edition, we're telling stories from the line. We're talking to people who have either lost or are at risk of losing their jobs. ideastream®'s Eric Wellman profiles a man who lost a retail job and can't find another one that pays nearly what he was making before.

Stories From the Line: Huron County Town Tries to Save Plant
Regional News Stories: Monday, December 15, 2008
As part of our series, "Stories From the Line", we head to Norwalk, Ohio. The housing crunch hit the small town's second largest employer, Norwalk Furniture, hard. When the corporation closed its doors this past fall, business leaders and furniture workers found a way to keep the plant going. ideastream®'s Mhari Saito reports.

Upscale Convenience Store Finds Workers Hard To Come By
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
November's unemployment numbers come out this Friday, and no one's expecting any kind of turnaround from October's 7.3 percent jobless rate. In this atmosphere, many people on the unemployment line are being forced to take positions they're overqualified for. ideastream®'s Rick Jackson tells us about one man who's done just that. It's our latest installment of Stories From The Line.

Stories from the Line: Real Estate Woes
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
It's not a good time to have a job related to real estate. The collapse of the housing market was a key catalyst to the recession we're currently in. And many people connected to that industry are out of a job or have seen a sharp drop in income. That's where we pick up "Stories from the Line," our ongoing look at the struggles of everyday Ohioans. ideastream's Eric Wellman reports.

Programs to Train Jobless Struggle to Meet Demand
Regional News Stories: Monday, January 19, 2009
More Ohioans are jobless today than at any other time in more than a generation - and many could remain unemployed without new job training. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg surveys the landscape of the help they are getting.

Stories from the Line: Towns on the Edge
Feature Descriptions: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Taking a look at some of Ohio's hardest hit communities whose lives are impacted by the economy.

Towns and Ohioans on the Edge
The Sound of Ideas: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
As part of our ongoing, multi-media series about unemployment in Ohio, ideastream® brings you Towns on the Edge [view], the stories of three small towns hit hard and fast by layoffs. In this latest installment, we'll talk about what life on the frontline of this economic collapse is really like. We'll hear from reporter David C. Barnett about the series, from the mayor of an Ohio town that came back from the edge over the last decade and from employers who have to make tough decisions and deliver the worst news to some of their most loyal employees. Be a part of the conversation Wednesday morning at 9.