Arthur Mondale
Senior Reporter, FOX Carolina News
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Arthur Mondale is senior reporter for FOX Carolina News.
He began his television news career as a reporter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; followed by reporting positions in North Carolina (WNCT 9 and WXII 12), and South Florida (WPTV 5). In his most recent capacity, he served as the Two Americas beat reporter enterprising in-depth stories on intersectionality which aired on the platforms of affiliated sister stations.
Mondale also serves part-time in our nation’s capital within the D.C. Air National Guard. As a public affairs tactician, he’s documented contingency and humanitarian operations in the Middle East, West Africa, and Europe. He was also part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and has also deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Spartan Shield.
Mondale graduated summa cum laude from Edinboro University with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2006. In 2015, he completed a master’s degree in Political Science from East Stroudsburg University, and he’s currently completing a Master of Public Administration from West Chester University.
The Fun Stuff
Hobbies: I’ve completed three marathons and run daily for meditation and mindfulness. Another hobby is travel. I have a nomadic soul and relocation – both personally and professionally does wonders for one’s independence, determination and self-actualization. It keeps me purpose-driven.
My favorite movie: The Wiz. There’s a lot of messaging and themes surrounding non-monolithic Black experiences and perspectives. The urban fantasy also includes things I really like – loyal travel companions, fashion, a subway system, and New York City.
Other tidbits: I was lead singer of a cover boy band in college comprised of myself and five fraternity brothers. The personal highlight was being crowned, ‘Big Man on Campus’ my senior year. I’m also a minimalist. Clearing clutter makes space for a more intentional life.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Arthur Mondale
New data shows the wage gap has remained unchanged for the last 20 years. And recent studies show some women are setting their salary requirements sometimes double-digit percentages lower than their male counterparts.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 3:13 AM EDT
|By Arthur Mondale
Experts say the timing of the war is key to understanding the needs of today’s military, the attacks of 9/11 led to an almost 10% immediate increase in Americans enlisting, and veterans who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom comprised more state National Guard’s and Reserve components. Military branches also saw a higher number of women.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 12:46 AM EDT
|By Arthur Mondale
For the last six decades, Rev. Jesse Jackson, a South Carolina native has been at the center of the nation’s social evolution.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 9:38 PM EDT
|By Arthur Mondale
Members of Everytown Survivor Network, Moms Demand Action and gun violence survivors united for an evening to honor those impacted and to educate the public on more common-sense legislation.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 8:36 PM EDT
|By Arthur Mondale
This week, the owner of Smoke on the Water took to social media about the rising cost of rent and now customers are concerned over relocation.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Arthur Mondale
Dee Dee Wright was a member of the Greenville Eight, students who in the 1960’s challenged segregation and discrimination. Their actions led to freedoms and law to protect even the people today who protest current injustices.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:15 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
While public service runs in Emanuel Flemming’s DNA, today he’s addressing the needs of the present. Flemming’s also prioritizing health equity, and civic engagement in schools and government.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 5:52 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
President Biden wants to see the cancer death rate reduced by another 50% over the next 25 years. Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute leading participation and representation in clinical trials.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 7:41 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
To reach more Black men, Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center will bring its Prostate Screening Program for African American Men (SC AMEN Program) to the Urban League of the Upstate on March 4 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Latest numbers from the DoD reveal women make up 17% of the active-duty population, and 21% of the National Guard. The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas believes more education not only boosts recruitment prospects, but also changes national defense narratives.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 6:10 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Living museum not only wants to see more students, but more collaborations with veterans and their families in the Carolinas.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 9:09 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
On Feb. 26, Greenville County’s Turkish communities will host a Food Festival for Earthquake Relief, a fundraiser happening at First Baptist Church of Travelers Rest from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 7:37 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
FOX Carolina spoke to Stephen Allen, a Greenville native, whose regional director for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and a disaster assistance response team (DART) lead in Turkey.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 4:02 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
In 1970, 5-year-old Pia DeVore entered first grade at Mitchell Road Elementary. A school she would return to many years later as a teacher. She wants to see more courage and fearlessness from trailblazers, and representation in education.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 6:43 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Research shows reasons Black youth aren’t choosing a career in medicine include a lack of Black role models, and racism in modern medicine.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 8:36 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Of the over 1,300 VisitGreenvilleSC restaurant members, 200 are downtown alone, and a quarter of those now represent 34 international countries on five continents.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 5:39 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
New NCNW president Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley is tackling disparities in women’s health, voting rights, cultural representation in school curriculum, equitable schools and the gender pay gap.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 9:35 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
During the era of segregation, choirs and choruses offered both safe havens and inspiration. And a bright future that society tried to deny but couldn’t. A March 12 concert at Israel Metropolitan CME Church will highlight that.
‘We’re seeing entire cities collapsed’: How to support USAID search and rescue, humanitarian efforts
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 8:30 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
FOX Carolina spoke to John Morrison, a firefighter from Fairfax County, Virginia, whose been working in southeastern Turkey as a member of USAID’s urban search and rescue.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
In recognition of Black History Month, Elios Ministry, a faith-based after school nonprofit, decided to partner with Nicholtown’s historians and activists. Preservationists hope more youth leave the tour more empowered and civically responsive.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 2:47 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale and Freeman Stoddard
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office announced that a suspect is in custody following a shooting that killed two people and injured another on Friday afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 8:25 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
During his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden said he seeks competition from China, not conflict. But some national security strategists warn what captivated the nation last week was part of a much larger network.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 9:36 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Sponsors say public instruction should be nonbiased and include the broad scope of history, both the inspirational history and the shameful. But opponents argue even that leaves too much room for interpretation.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 4:13 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Homelessness has declined 11% nationwide but challenges still exist in the Carolinas. It’s part of the reason advocates say the housing market is part of the battle.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 7:06 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
North Carolina native Staff Sgt. Lamar Riddick, who enlisted last year, says it’s an honor to serve both in the U.S. Army and the Army Field Band. Their mission is about connecting.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 8:42 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
In March 2023, the initiative launches the Empower Youth Leadership Institute, where monthly cohorts of teens will take trips to leaders in manufacturing, health care, nonprofits, philanthropy, and corporations.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
The PACT Act is being called the largest health care and benefit expansion in VA history. It expands VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 8:11 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
This month, the African American history museum begins the renovation process. Volunteers are welcome to support archiving efforts.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 9:29 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
While H. 3728 does not prevent teaching controversial topics, certain things are prohibited. Opponents add the language is too ambiguous and leaves too much for interpretation.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 9:07 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Research shows the exposure and frequency of violence can have an emotional and psychological toll.
Upstate activists, residents react to death of Tyre Nichols and reopen debate on policing and policy
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:49 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
President Biden has called on Congress to send the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to his desk, what would be the most substantial federally ordered change to policing in a generation.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
SCDOT estimates in rural areas, run-off-the road crashes account for almost 50% of all fatal and severe injury crashes.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 8:28 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
A recent poll from SC Policy Council finds 60% of voters support school choice legislation. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t questions: Who are the recipients, does this reduce funding for public schools and is it really a good choice?
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 9:25 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Items like cereal are 16% higher, bread is 22% higher, and egg prices have doubled. Economists say the price of eggs are the result of higher costs on labor, fuel, feed and a lingering bird flu.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 8:45 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
They’re people tied together by the same grief: Gun owners, non-owners, pastors, veterans, executives, and mothers looking for solutions. The new Spartanburg Moms Demand Action Spartanburg chapter says more representation is part of that.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 9:15 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
At the height of Operation Desert Storm, Iraq had the fourth -largest army in the world and was on the brink of controlling a-fifth of the world’s oil supply. Women in the U.S. Armed Forces who served were air traffic controllers, ordnance specialists and ammunition technicians, yet the public’s perception of their role tended to be skewed.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 9:08 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
The top stolen items include apparel, electronics and health and beauty products and 86% of retailers believed federal legislation is needed. The legislation aims to make it harder for bad actors to sell stolen goods.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 8:41 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Donovan Tolbert calls his principles of success an interdisciplinary process based in social emotional learning (SEL) that can change the minds of students, teachers and other professions.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 9:29 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Data from the South Carolina Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Achievement (CERRA) finds one in seven educators are leaving their districts, 36% have fewer than five years of experience before moving on, and teacher vacancies are double digits.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 2:59 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Doris “Dee Dee” Wright returned to Sterling for a panel discussion entitled “The Indomitable Spirit of African Americans: Past, Present and Future.”
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 7:51 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
There are no injuries to report in our area, still weather experts surveying Thursday’s damage call the risk for tornado outbreaks during the colder months worrisome.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 7:51 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Only 6% of Black men seek mental health support. Black Men Meditate is an organization dedicated to improving the health, balance, social and economic strength of a population dealing within a unique set of circumstances.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 10:43 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Water Department operations will be reevaluated based on the recommendations from the independent review committee. Around mid-May, the committee will need to provide a written report and presentation to city council on infrastructure improvements, operational changes, and possible revisions to the Water Capital Improvement program.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 10:32 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
The Madison County Sheriff's Department responded to an Airbnb in Marshall in reference to a stabbing involving multiple individuals. Four people received medical treatment for multiple stab wounds and it's being considered an isolated incident.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 8:30 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
It’s been found one in four people age 26 to 41, live with their parents.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
The post-holiday blues is sometimes referred to as the post-vacation blues, like most conditions it varies from person to person and can take different forms.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 10:07 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
On Jan. 10, Asheville city council will meet to review the cause of the incident, determine what needs to happen to prevent another, and how to improve communications.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 8:27 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
In 2022, there were 7,000 reports related to the online financial sextortion of minors and at least 3,000 victims. So, what’s being done to ensure perpetrators face justice?
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 6:42 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
The Blood Connection says those 35 and under aren’t donating like their parents and grandparents. That’s concerning when considering the need remains unchanged.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 11:31 PM EST
|By Arthur Mondale
Over 30 churches in the Upstate will participate in a “watch night” service. It’s a tradition with a lot of history behind it.
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