Metro Detroit: Local Issues On Your Ballot In November 2020
101.9 WDET, Detroit's NPR Station, is committed to providing fair and accurate coverage of the 2020 November presidential election. Our newsroom is taking...
Shiraz Ahmed served as Digital and Audience Engagement Editor for 101.9 WDET from 2019-2020. He joined WDET after five years at Automotive News, a trade publication owned by Crain Communications, and GTB, an advertising agency. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
He is also a documentary filmmaker and photographer, currently producing “Alive in Detroit,” a film and social impact project on charity and low-cost healthcare. Ahmed enjoys gardening, music, and salsa-making. His favorite salsa is a recreation of Marco’s Mexican salsa, a now-defunct chain that produced the salsa of his childhood.
Whitmer Responds To Kidnapping Plot: “We Are Not One Another’s Enemy. This Virus Is Our Enemy.”
Governor Gretchen Whitmer made a brief statement this afternoon, addressing the plots to kidnap her and attack the Capitol in...
Read Gov. Whitmer’s Full Response After Kidnapping Plot Unveiled
Today, federal and state officials unveiled charges against 13 people who are accused on conspiring to kidnap the governor and...
13 People Charged In Plot to Kidnap Whitmer, Attack Law Enforcement
Thirteen people have been charged by federal and state officials for conspiring to commit violence against law enforcement and kidnap...
As Census Wraps, These Michigan Women Won’t Let Their Communities Go Uncounted
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the 2020 census count must continue through the end of October after the Census Bureau...
Watch Today’s Citywide COVID-19 Memorial At Belle Isle
Watch a memorial service for Detroiters lost to COVID-19 at Belle Isle at 8:00 am on Monday, Aug. 31. The...
Aug. 4 Election: Here Is A List Of Detroit’s Polling Location Changes
Today, Aug. 4, is primary election day in Michigan, when congressional and local primary races will be decided for the...
Michigan’s Aug. 4th Primary Election Results, Updated Regularly
Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Michigan. Michigan Aug. 4th Election: Congressional, County Primaries Normally, that means voting in the...
Michigan Aug. 4th Election: Congressional, County Primaries In Wayne, Oakland, Macomb
On Tuesday, Aug. 4, Michiganders will head to the polls to vote in Democratic and Republican primaries for county executives,...
George Floyd’s Death Ignited A Movement. Watch His Burial In Houston Today.
George Floyd, the 46-year-old African American man who was killed by police in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, will be buried beside...
COVID-19 Adds Anxiety, Fear For HIV-Positive Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic has added a layer of fear for those managing pre-existing conditions in Michigan. "If you look at the...
COVID-19 Fact Guide: FAQs, Hotlines and Expert Sources
Concern over the COVID-19 pandemic is high as public health authorities and health systems work to contain the outbreak, In...