Howard Wilkinson
Senior Political AnalystExpertise: Politics, baseball, the Civil War, Ohio and Cincinnati history
Education: Ohio University
Favorite Cincinnati neighborhood: Toss-up between Clifton and Northside.
Highlights
- Senior Political Analyst, WVXU
- Regular digital columnist on WVXU.org. Also a frequent guest on Cincinnati Edition
- Does a weekly politics segment each Friday morning with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik
- In his 50th year of covering politics on the local, state and national levels
Experience
Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team in April 2012 after nearly 30 years of covering politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. He has covered every Ohio governor's race since 1974, along with 16 presidential nomination conventions and four presidential inaugurations. In addition to politics, Howard covered the 2001 racial unrest in Cincinnati; the Lucasville prison uprising in 1993; the Air Canada plane crash at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983; and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. A native of Dayton, Ohio, the Cincinnati Reds are his passion.
In 2012, the Society of Professional Journalists inducted Wilkinson into the Cincinnati Journalism Hall of Fame.
Education
Howard studied journalism and history at Ohio University, where he also frequently skipped class to cover the Ohio Statehouse for the school newspaper, The Post.
About WVXU
The central pillar of 禁漫天堂鈥檚 local network 鈥� accounting for the lion鈥檚 share of its 211,000 listeners each week 鈥� 91.7 WVXU is among the most reliable media institutions in the Tri-State region. Our mission is to always be a trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture, empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.
Why trust us
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When the Ohio General Assembly returns after Labor Day, GOP legislators will move forward with a redistricting plan to eliminate two Democratic House seats. -
Former Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, swept out of office last fall, is reportedly going to try to return to the Senate next year by taking on appointed Republican Jon Husted. -
Republican Jon Husted must run in 2026 for the remainder of the senate term he was appointed to in January, It will have national implications. -
Seven Cincinnati City Council candidates 鈥� all Democrats 鈥� will have to defend their approval of a Hyde Park Square development despite neighborhood resistance in this election. -
Baseball legend Dave Parker enters the National Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday. Sadly, it will be posthumous, because he died June 28. -
A summer spike in violent crime in Cincinnati has brought the issue to the forefront of this year's City Council race. -
Both the Republicans and the Charter Committee sense an opening in 2025. -
Last week, the IRS said it wants to do away with a 71-year-old prohibition barring churches from endorsing political candidates. -
Congressman Warren Davidson has switched from an opponent of Trump's "big beautiful bill" to a supporter.
