Robyn Vincent covers Detroit schools, educational equity and systems of power for Chalkbeat Detroit. She has worked as a reporter, producer, and editor for NPR stations in the Mountain West. Robyn also built and launched a newsroom at a public radio station in Wyoming, and was editor-in-chief of an alternative weekly newspaper there. She led that paper to win its first national award for a series she directed tracing one reporter’s experience living and working with Syrian refugees. Robyn is the proud daughter of an immigrant and her award-winning audio work has captured the tensions that people of color grapple with living in the Mountain West. Her investigation into the unchecked power of Colorado sheriffs won her a fellowship through Investigative Reporters and Editors. She is a graduate of Wayne State University, a lover of Detroit techno, and has juggled a number of jobs to stay afloat while nurturing her journalism career, from airline baggage handler to personal shopper.

Dearborn Mayor Hammoud: ‘There must be a timeline of how we achieve a just Palestinian state’

As the Israeli war in Gaza rages on, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud has watched his Palestinian American residents continue to...