Gwendolyn Glenn
Race & Equity ReporterGwendolyn is an award-winning journalist who has covered a broad range of stories on the local and national levels. Her experience includes producing on-air reports for National Public Radio and she worked full-time as a producer for NPR’s All Things Considered news program for five years. She worked for several years as an on-air contract reporter for CNN in Atlanta and worked in print as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun Media Group, The Washington Post and covered Congress and various federal agencies for the Daily Environment Report and Real Estate Finance Today. Glenn has won awards for her reports from the Maryland-DC-Delaware Press Association, SNA and the first-place radio award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
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A North Carolina family of four is about a month away from completing 5K runs in all 50 states to raise money for Smart Train, an organization that pays for surgeries for people suffering from cleft lips and palates. They also want to bring more awareness to the condition that affects 1 in 700 newborn babies worldwide. -
North Carolina death penalty opponents will begin a 136-mile walk across the state, to bring attention to those on death row here. Participants in the march will walk a mile for each of the state’s 136 death row inmates. -
For the past five years, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Remembrance Project has worked to document lynchings that occurred in the county. It’s part of a national and statewide movement to identify and memorialize lynching victims. Two in Mecklenburg County have been verified and other cases are being examined. -
After last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision to ban the use of race in admissions decisions, historically Black colleges and universities are experiencing a significant surge in applications and enrollments. -
This Saturday, Charlotte will experience a slice of South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, a historically and culturally rich area along the state’s coast. During the Lowcountry Culture Festival at Ballantyne’s Backyard, the Lowcountry's music, food, art and history will be on display. WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn talks to two sweet water basket makers who will give demonstrations during the festival. -
All members of Johnson C. Smith University's freshman class were assigned success coaches in an effort to keep students on track academically and in school. The retention rate for freshmen last year was up 3% compared to the previous year. WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn talks to JCSU Dean Angela White about the initiative that's continuing this year. -
Officials with the Harvey B. Gantt Center of African-American Arts and Culture collaborated with Kehinde Wiley, official portrait artist for former President Barack Obama, in a new exhibition of artwork of residents in Wiley's residency project in Dakar, Senegal. Curator Dexter Wimberly talks to WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn about the exhibition. -
A fund drive will be held to raise money for 300 JCSU students for tuition, housing, books and other expenses. The students' financial aid has not been approved, mainly due to FAFSA delays. -
North Carolina native Dr. Shaurice Mullins grew up poor in rural North Carolina, but now is the CEO of her own disaster relief company, Elite Disaster Consulting. EDC has responded to major hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes throughout the South and Puerto Rico. -
A new report finds that rents dropped by nearly 7% in Charlotte since last year but they still remain too high for some moderate income families.
