Sarah Delia
Senior Producer, Charlotte Talks with Mike CollinsSarah Delia is a Senior Producer for Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Sarah joined the WFAE news team in 2014. An Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, Sarah has lived and told stories from Maine, New York, Indiana, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah received her B.A. in English and Art history from James Madison University, where she began her broadcast career at college radio station WXJM. Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.
Sarah was the lead reporter of She Says, an investigative award winning podcast that follows the journey of a sexual assault survivor as she navigates her way through the criminal justice system. She was also the host of the award winning series The List, which examines the child sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.
She enjoys finding stories off the beaten path.
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Saturday marks the beginning of autumn and, believe it or not, it's a good time to begin thinking about your garden. Now is the time of year to prepare the soil and even some of your plants for next spring. It’s also a good time to grow certain vegetables and ornamental plants. -
They may only grow to be roughly the size of an apple seed, but ticks can cause big problems. As the planet continues to warm, experts are looking at the impact rising temperatures are having on the tick population.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, members of the production team of the new Hulu series, "Sam: A Saxon," share his true story as they visit Davidson College.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, the do's and don’ts of recycling and composting.
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For a year, WFAE has been investigating North Carolina’s mental health system with a focus on the incarcerated. In our series "Fractured," we discovered half of the state’s inmates deemed incapable to proceed to trial due to a mental illness wait more than 300 days for a state psychiatric hospital bed. This was the topic of a special event that included local and state officials as well as our own reporting.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, an analysis of the success of the 15-year-old Renaissance West Community Initiative, which was created by Charlotte’s civic leaders and neighborhood activists with the vision of revitalizing a west Charlotte neighborhood through an education village approach.
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Conservationists say our desire to beautify our surroundings has gotten off track. They’d like us to join a growing movement in gardening — rewilding, an effort to grow native plants, to ditch the well-manicured lawns and let nature do its thing. That approach creates an environment that they say is better for animals, birds and insects, like bees, and could help slow climate change.
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Everything you want to know about getting ready to go back to school. Teacher and bus driver shortages seem to be a problem everywhere and at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, magnet school parents face new bus feeder routes. Teachers are still waiting for pay raises even as they are charged with cracking down on cellphone use in the classroom, rising COVID-19 numbers and an ongoing battle with absenteeism. We get the lowdown on all that and more.
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Mecklenburg County is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases that could last into the fall. Unlike the original outbreak, cases appear to be less severe because more people are vaccinated but there is still cause for concern. We hear what health professionals are recommending, and also discuss RSV and the flu.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, the health of a giant influence on health and fitness in Charlotte: the YMCA.
