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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Most of Wichita attorney Trent Wetta’s clients fall between the ages of 14 and 17, but they can be as young as 10. They typically face misdemeanor...
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Medical experts say social inequality and racism in medicine can be deadly for Black infants, mothers and families.
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As hospital beds fill up in rural parts of the state and nearby cities, some doctors say southwestern Kansas is running out of options.
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Local newspapers say they've seen an increase in readership and subscriptions as people have yearned for local news on the coronavirus.
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The COVID-19 case numbers started to rise at the prison just this month, and family members of people who are incarcerated there say they've been told not all staff members or inmates wear masks.
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Kinship families, who take in foster children who are related to them, are more likely to lack computers and other tools needed for online learning, say foster care agencies.
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Social distancing and other COVID prevention measures have shifted many court proceedings online.
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Besides the coronavrius, another urgent topic again surfaced this year: an end to racism.The Wichita vintage store that Gabrielle Griffie co-owns had been…
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Kansas' COVID-19 cases are on the rise outside prisons. Inside, inmates say they're still not getting much information about the virus.
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The settlement ends a court fight that began in late 2018, and will require the state to better track foster children in its care.