Naomi Prioleau
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Naomi Prioleau joined WUNC in January 2017 as their Greensboro Bureau reporter.
She moved from Tampa, Florida where she worked at NPR station WUSF 89.7 News covering everything from eight-hour long transportation meetings to Afro-Latinas struggling to identify themselves.
She began her journalism career as a teen reporter at the Kansas City Star. She has been published in The Tampa Tribune, the Florida Courier, the online magazine for the National Association of Black Journalists and the Marshall News Messenger in Texas.
When she’s not reporting, Naomi spends her time cooking delicious vegan food, traveling, working out or reading.
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A Black farming incubator in Edgecombe County wants to help other aspiring Black farmers learn about agriculture. -
East Laurinburg has struggled to meet financial requirements for the state for years, the North Carolina Local Government Commission voted to dissolve the town on Tuesday. -
Estella Patterson will take over at the Raleigh Police Department on August 1. She has been with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for 25 years and is currently a deputy chief there. -
The tiny town of East Laurinburg in Scotland County could lose its charter in the next two months. -
East Laurinburg, which sits on the South Carolina border and is in one of the poorest regions in the country, may soon be forced to un-incorporate by the state of North Carolina. East Laurinburg's troubles are shared by many rural towns, throughout the South and Midwest ― lost manufacturing jobs and closed mills. -
A report by UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative showed that Latino voters helped flip two states — Arizona and Georgia — to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Now, organizers in North Carolina are looking at those two states for inspiration on how to turn the state from red to blue in presidential elections moving forward. -
The Anchor Hope home serves as a place where children who have been removed from their homes can stay while waiting for placement into a foster home. -
Researchers at North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T University have found that Hispanic communities are at a greater risk for mental health challenges during the pandemic. -
Homecoming is the party of the year at historically Black colleges and universities, but the pandemic has canceled many events. We go to North Carolina A&T to see how virtual celebrations are going.
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In North Carolina — and across the country — furniture manufacturers are experiencing an unexpected economic boom despite the pandemic forcing some businesses to close or lay off staff.
