The idea for the Love for Literacy project came after English teacher Shannon Turick said she noticed her students had fallen out of love with reading, especially after the pandemic. They wanted to listen to audiobooks, not read novels that filled her bookshelves.
Author Archives: Carissa Woytach
Education Reporter
Carissa Woytach joins Signal Akron to cover education after working at The Chronicle-Telegram in Lorain County for nearly a decade. Prior to that, she worked in St. Joseph, Michigan. She aims to focus on the impact schools have on the students, staff, families and communities they serve. She wants to highlight the good of local districts, while bringing to light the issues within them. She holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and photography from Cleveland State University. When not working, she can be found keeping track of her three cats, Buddy, Honey and Denali and wasting film throughout Northeast Ohio.
![A flyer depicting L. Mialon Morris, a candidate for Summit County Court of Common Pleas judge, as a criminal was circulated on social media — her supporters disavowed it as racist. The flyer was created and paid for by the Truth Coalition PAC. It's treasurer, Andy Padrutt, said the information wasn't checked thoroughly when they decided not to use the pamphlet, which was not supposed to be released. It was part of some “early working concepts that we [kicked] around,” he said.](https://i0.wp.com/signalakron.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/morris2_IMG_20260.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
