Elizabeth Baier
Elizabeth “Liz” Baier is WUNC’s Digital News Editor. She joined the station in May 2016 after eight year of reporting for where she covered everything from demographic changes in rural America, agriculture, the environment and health care. Prior to that, Liz worked for six years as a newspaper reporter in South Florida, both at the and .
Born in Chicago to a Colombian mother and German father, Baier’s background inspires her to find stories that introduce listeners and readers to new places and compelling characters. She studied journalism and international relations at the University of Miami and received a certificate in Contemporary Latin American Studies from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago.
In 2006, she fell in love with multimedia storytelling. That’s one of the reasons she landed in public radio. When she’s not looking for a good story, she travels, hikes, reads and attempts to cook new recipes. And she likes to walk. In 2014, she completed the 500-mile Camino de Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage in northern Spain.
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Protesters and mourners gathered in Elizabeth City, N.C., Sunday afternoon to pay their respects to Andrew Brown Jr., the Black man who was shot and killed by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrants two weeks ago.
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Updated at 10:32 a.m. Aug. 29, 2020 Hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Raleigh Friday night to denounce police violence and the recent killings...
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The Confederate statue known as "Silent Sam" had stood on the main campus quad in Chapel Hill from 1913 until it was torn down by protesters in August 2018.
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Updated 7:25 p.m. | Nov. 6, 2018 The Orange Water and Sewage Authority has lifted a boil water advisory for most of its Chapel Hill and Carrboro...
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Updated 5:49 p.m., October 13, 2017 An NCAA infractions committee decided it will not punish UNC as it relates to "paper courses" attended by students,...
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Updated 5:13 p.m., August 18, 2017 Several thousand people marched in downtown Durham in a demonstration against racism on Friday afternoon.
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A year ago, state legislators passed House Bill 2, a controversial law that almost immediately set off a national debate about public safety, common...
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After state legislators passed House Bill 2 last year, transgender rights took center stage in North Carolina - and across the United States.
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Updated at 10:45 p.m. Jan. 3, 2017 A Rolesville High School student on Tuesday posted a video to social media of a classmate being slammed to the ground...
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For every farmer who is hurting this year during the drought, others are benefiting. Many fields in the South, Northwest and Upper Midwest are producing bountiful corn crops. And because the drought has pushed prices to record highs, farmers who have corn to sell expect a terrific payday.