Nomin Ujiyediin
Nomin is a Kansas News Service reporting fellow at KCUR.
Prior to joining the news service, Nomin produced All Things Considered at WNYC in New York City and was a host, producer and reporter at KGOU in Norman, Oklahoma. She has an MA from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, where she focused on urban reporting, radio and photography. She also has a BA from Rutgers University. Nomin was a Knight CUNYJ fellow in 2015, and an AIR New Voice fellow in 2017.
In her spare time, Nomin lifts weights, plays video games and tries to contain her bad New Jersey attitude.
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Attempts to remove books from school libraries have increased, spurred by activism from conservative parent groups and resistance to teaching socially progressive ideas in schools.
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Kansas has one of the highest coronavirus infection rates among state prisons in the country. Staff, inmates and advocates worry about the pandemic's toll as they wait for the vaccine.
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Topeka, Kan., is the latest city to try to lure new residents with money.
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A new exhibition in Oklahoma City presents the work of pioneering stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen. In an age of CGI and 3-D animation, his work still influences and delights.