Sophia Saliby

All Things Considered local host and producer
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    Sophia Saliby
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Sophia Saliby is the local producer and host of All Things Considered, airing 4pm-7pm weekdays on 90.5 FM WKAR.

Sophia Saliby joined WKAR and MSU ComArtSci in April 2020.

Sophia comes to WKAR from Georgia Public Broadcasting, where she was the producer for GPB's All Things Considered broadcast in Atlanta.

Prior to that experience, Sophia was a reporter for WFIU/WTIU in Bloomington, Indiana. She has won numerous awards from the Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters Association and the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists. Saliby graduated from Indiana University with degrees in international studies and Arabic.

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MSU Requiring Students To Fill Out COVID-19 Vaccine Survey

By • Jul 22, 2021
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In an e-mail to students Thursday, Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley Jr. said the survey will help with "planning and to inform the public health decisions" needed to prepare for the fall semester.

August 2021 Election: Meet The Candidates Running for Lansing City Council

By & • Jul 21, 2021
States are beginning to plan to pivot to conduct largely vote by mail elections during the coronavirus pandemic. In Michigan, two to three million voters are expected to vote from home.
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Voters in Lansing are choosing among a crowded field of city council candidates on their Aug. 3 primary ballot.


Delta Variant Of COVID-19 Identified In Barry County

By • Jul 19, 2021
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Barry County is confirming a resident has tested positive for the delta variant of COVID-19.

The individual had not received a COVID vaccine.

Patricia Spitzley | 2021 Lansing Mayoral Candidates On The Issues

By • Jul 19, 2021
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Lansing's primary election is coming up on Aug. 3. Six candidates are running to become the city's mayor.

The nonpartisan primary will narrow down the number of candidates before the general election.

WKAR speaking to each one of them about why they're running and the biggest issues Lansing faces in the next few years.

City Councilmember Patricia Spitzley joined WKAR's Sophia Saliby to share her plans for the city if elected.


Larry Hutchinson, Jr. | 2021 Lansing Mayoral Candidates On The Issues

By • Jul 16, 2021
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Editor's note: This story contains a racial slur.

In just a few weeks, Lansing voters will cast their ballots in a primary to select the city's next mayor.

The Aug. 3 nonpartisan election will narrow down the number of candidates from six before the general in November.

Farhan Sheikh-Omar | 2021 Lansing Mayoral Candidates On The Issues

By • Jul 15, 2021
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Six candidates are running to be Lansing's next mayor. An Aug. 3 nonpartisan primary will narrow down the number of candidates before the general in November.

Melissa Huber | 2021 Lansing Mayoral Candidates On The Issues

By • Jul 14, 2021
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Updated July 16, 12:58 p.m. E.T.

Lansing has a primary election coming up on Aug. 3.

Voters will cast their ballots to narrow down the field of six candidates running to be the city's next mayor before the general election in November.

Andy Schor | 2021 Lansing Mayoral Candidates On The Issues

By • Jul 13, 2021
Andy Schor wearing a suit, smiling, in front of a mural
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Lansing's primary election is coming up on Aug. 3. Six candidates are running to become the city's mayor. The nonpartisan primary will narrow down the number of candidates before the general election.

Kathie Dunbar | 2021 Lansing Mayoral Candidates On The Issues

By • Jul 12, 2021
courtesy Kathie Dunbar

Lansing has a primary election coming up on Aug. 3.

Voters will cast their ballots to narrow down the field of six candidates running to be the city's next mayor before the general election in November.

WKAR is speaking to each candidate about why they're running and the biggest issues Lansing faces in the next few years. 

Sarah Lehr Joins WKAR As Politics And Civics Reporter

By & • Jul 9, 2021
Krystal Nurse

 Updated July 9, 12:49 p.m. ET

WKAR has a new reporter covering politics in Michigan.

Sarah Lehr joins WKAR after working as a government watchdog reporter for the Lansing State Journal. Before that, she was a reporter for the Youngstown Vindicator, a daily newspaper in northeast Ohio. 

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