Sophia Saliby
All Things Considered Local Host and ProducerSophia 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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The Jackson District Library is sharing what books topped the hold list this year. Many of them belonged to newer genres like "romantasy" and new adult.
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Una iglesia de Lansing está haciendo la primera contribución financiera anual a un fondo de reparaciones local.
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In Dimondale, a crowd gathered in December for Tease A Gogo’s annual holiday performance. The burlesque showcase has been running in mid-Michigan for more than a decade.
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The satirical social media account Lansing Facts is beginning a new holiday tradition with a celebration of Festivus.
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Kevin Guskiewicz has been chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for nearly five years. WUNC's Liz Schlemmer shares the highs and lows of his tenure before he moves into his new role.
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Michigan State University plant biologists have published the results of the 2021 Beal seed experiment as part of one of the longest continuously watched scientific studies in the world.
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Sycamore Creek Church is making the first of a yearly financial contribution to the Justice League of Greater Lansing to address historic discrimination against Black Americans.
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Incoming Michigan State University president Kevin Guskiewicz spoke to WKAR following his appointment by the university's the Board of Trustees on Friday.
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Every year, WKAR gives away more than 50,000 new books to mid-Michigan families as part of the organization's education services to increase childhood literacy.
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The African American Craft Initiative aims to support cataloging programs like Michigan State University's Black Diaspora Quilt History Project.