WFDD / La Noticia

Founded in 1946 by two students in their dorm room on the original Wake Forest College campus in Wake Forest, NC, 88.5 WFDD, is North Carolina’s longest running public radio station and the state’s charter NPR affiliate station. It broadcasts in 32 counties across the Piedmont and High Country of North Carolina and southern Virginia. The news team consists of eight full-time staff: one main editor, two reporters/editors, two hosts/reporters, and three reporters. We believe in the importance of a strong public radio station to a community. Its news partner is La Noticia, North Carolina’s largest Spanish language news organization. It has been serving the state’s growing Latino community for more than two decades. Its readers are predominantly immigrants from Latin America.

Current Position

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Beat: COVID-19 recovery and the Latino community in Forsyth County, NC

Position:

In Winston Salem, N.C., the Latino community has been hard-hit by COVID-19. In Forsyth County alone, Latinos accounted for 66 percent of cases at its highest point, even though they represent only 13 percent of the population. The beat focuses on how the coronavirus is affecting Latinos in the region, including labor, financial, and community challenges. Both newsrooms collaborate to publish and broadcast stories developed by a bilingual reporter.

Reporter: Eileen Rodriguez