WFAE / La Noticia

WFAE is the NPR station serving a 32-county listening area in the Charlotte region. For 32 years, people across the Carolinas have relied on WFAE to offer comprehensive and in-depth reporting on the topics they need to understand, whether of local, national, or international importance. La Noticia is a media company that produces the largest Spanish language newspaper in North Carolina. For over 22 years, we have been serving the growing Latino community in North Carolina with coverage of immigration, local and state government, politics, and community news and events. Our readers are immigrants from Latin America with a news source in their native language, providing them with the news and information they need to make informed decisions and help them adjust to the culture in the United States, in North Carolina, and in the cities they call home.

 

Current Position

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Beat: Charlotte's growing Latino community

Position:

This reporter uses their fluency in Spanish to investigate and report on the issues of immigration and deportation facing the Latino community that no one else is covering. For example, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office are currently in a battle over detentions that has captured national attention, including the president’s. What is not being covered is the impact of raids, detentions and deportations on families, communities and businesses in North Carolina. The reporter investigates the effect of raids and deportations that further isolate an already marginalized community from access to law enforcement, affordable housing, education, health services and more. The reporter writes about services and assistance that Latinos can access without fear of retribution. The reporter also covers the Charlotte immigration court, one of the toughest in the nation with the second highest deportation rate in the country this year. La Noticia uses its connections and the trust they have built within the Latino community to connect the reporter with people who have undercovered stories, and need to be amplified.

Reporter: Kayla Young