Hady Mawajdeh
Hady Mawajdeh is an Arts Reporter and Digital Editor for KERA’s Art & Seek. Hady came to KERA from Austin where worked on “The national daily news show of Texas,” Texas Standard. At the Standard, Hady crafted stories and segments about the topics and headlines that mattered most to Texans.
Prior to his work on the Standard, Hady lived and worked in Durham, North Carolina, where he worked as producer at North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC. At WUNC he was able to work on the statewide news program The State of Things. Hady’s journalistic career began during college as an intern and freelance reporter at NPR affiliate KUT 90.5 FM Austin.
Hady was born and raised in Central Texas and attended college at Texas State University. Hady is obsessed with pop culture, music, photography and…ART! If you’d like to connect with Hady or simply see what’s reading about, listening to or covering follow him on Twitter — @hadysauce.
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The federal government has sent vaccines to pharmacies, and FEMA is opening "super sites" in Arlington, Dallas, and Houston. But local officials are scrambling to keep up with new developments. -
The Aragonez family wanted to celebrate a birthday. But after they gathered for fajitas and cake, everyone in attendance got COVID-19. Now, they're warning people to not make the same mistake they did. -
In recent years, Texas has been home to several high-profile mass shootings and increased gun violence. But for some reason, no one's talking about guns on the campaign trail. We take a look at the issue through the lens of the 2020 Senate Race in Texas. -
This week, thousands of people across Texas protested police killings of black Americans — sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. While... -
Earlier this month, after the Trump administration ordered travel restrictions , many Americans jumped onto flights and returned to the U.S. But soon... -
"I spent three or more hours in the most disgusting close contact with strangers that I've ever experienced." That's what 21-year-old Californian Emma...
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Places of worship are rethinking their security plans after last Sunday's fatal church shooting in Texas. It's a delicate balance between providing sanctuary and safety.
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Depending upon whom you ask, there have been somewhere between eight and 350 mass shootings in America so far in 2019. That’s a pretty big range. So why... -
The uproar over the New York Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar has spread to other cities. And it appears to be only because they are companies with the word "Shakespeare" in their name. Staff at Shakespeare Dallas have received death threats, even though the company isn't performing Shakespeare at the moment.
