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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Mental health providers say law enforcement can be an essential and unavoidable part of the system, when it comes to keeping workers safe and even coming across people who are in need of help. -
Kansas has statewide standards on bias in policing. But some residents are pushing for more. -
Kansas prisons have taken some steps toward stemming the spread of the coronavirus, but four current or former corrections officers say they're still short-staffed and lacking adequate measures like social distancing. -
George "Bernie" Robare is the first Kansas prison employee known to die of the coronavirus. -
Protesters ringed the state Capitol in Topeka to press Gov. Laura Kelly for an end to her stay-at-home order. -
Black Kansans are more at risk for both testing positive for COVID-19 and dying from it than white people. Experts say it's a mix between long-standing racial disparities in health care treatment and access, lack of inclusivity and a higher likelihood that black residents are working "essential" jobs. -
LAWRENCE, Kansas — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday calling for the Kansas Supreme Court to order the release of... -
LAWRENCE, Kansas — It’s hard for Meg Heriford to tell people they’re no longer allowed to walk into her restaurant. She runs the Ladybird Diner in... -
A number of eastern Kansas counties have stay-at-home orders to keep the coronavirus from spreading. But some Kansans appear to still be on the move,… -
UPDATED March 23, 2020 at 7:55 p.m.Some of the largest counties in Kansas are ordering residents to “stay at home” starting Tuesday.Among them are…
