Reporter/Producer @ WDET

Joined July 2008
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3 Nov 2020
Experts estimate that there are there are 38 million potential voters with disabilities in the U.S., including more than 1 million in Michigan, but there has been low turnout amongst disabled voters. Local activists are trying to change that. wdet.org/posts/2020/11/03/90…
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8 Sep 2020
First day of school, y'all.
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raiyn retweeted
6 Feb 2019
NPR is providing live fact-checking of President Trump's speech. #SOTU @wdet
The NPR Politics team is fact checking and adding context to the president's remarks in near real time. Follow along!
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6 Feb 2019
President Trump's State of the Union address is about to begin. You can hear it live @wdet. #SOTU
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26 Sep 2018
Detroit's Delta Preparatory announced today it will close on 10/1 because of enrollment. Students and parents are scrambling to find new schools. @wdet
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26 Sep 2018
Detroit Delta Preparatory Academy in Detroit announced this morning it would close its doors next week. But parents report students were sent home "indefinitely" in the middle of the day. @wdet
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8 Aug 2018
Brenda Jones: "When the people talk, the polls listen!" @wdet #MIPrimary
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8 Aug 2018
Brenda Jones supporter Joanne Barnes: "Look out, Donald Trump. You're getting the Brenda wave. We're sending the Eastside to get you, Trump!" @wdet #MIPrimary
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8 Aug 2018
Akindele Akinyemi of the National African Business Association and Inkster Economic Development Corporation says he's not worried about any of the candidates for the 13th. But he knows Brenda Jones and her work ethic. @wdet
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17 May 2018
Parkland student David Hogg: "We've always been this way. You all have just started listening." #ewa18 @wdet
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17 May 2018
Parkland student Emma Gonzalez: "What I love is that peole sent us to high school to learn stuff and then they're amazed that we paid attention." #ewa18 @wdet
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17 May 2018
Parkland student David Hogg to journalists: "You guys are the agenda-setters." #ewa18
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raiyn retweeted
8 May 2018
Today at 2pm: Teachers, students & education advocates discuss the challenges facing Michigan's education system & what can be done to turn our schools around during our special broadcast - #PolicyMeetsThePeople: Education! #OnAir 📻 101.9 FM | #Online 🔊 wdet.org
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2 May 2018
"We are in a state where we are watching the downfall of our children," says Victoria Haynesworth of @482Forward on @wdet #PolicyMeetsThePeople #MIed #MIVote2018
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482 members @matt_marv & Victoria Haynesworth talking on @wdet about what matters in MI public ed #MIed #MIVote2018
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2 May 2018
.@matt_marv says some of his policy priorities center around immigration reform. A student's status can have significant educational impacts. @wdet #PolicyMeetsThePeople #MIEd #miched
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Thanks @wdet for having me on tonight discussing education in Michigan #MIEd
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To be clear, @Detroitk12 has not lowered our standards for teachers. We still hire and require certified teachers regardless of the state changing its requirements for Detroit. #MiEd
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25 Apr 2018
An actual look at @raiyn curating our Twitter chat on Education in Michigan this morning! #MIEd #PolicyMeetsThePeople
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