Sascha Raiyn reports on education, children and families at 101.9 WDET. She has worked as a reporter/producer for the WSHU Public Radio Group serving Connecticut and New York, as an Investigative News Producer for WJBK Fox 2 and at the Detroit Free Press.

She is a native Detroiter who grew up listening to news and music programming on 101.9 WDET. She studied at the University of Michigan Dearborn.

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit filmmakers receive $60K grant for short film to address vaccine hesitancy in Black communities

Harlem-based Black Public Media has awarded $160,000 in grants to projects aimed at combatting vaccine hesitancy in the Black community....

DER Weekends: dream hampton on Martin Luther King’s legacy and the story of her name

In the latest episode of DER Weekends, WDET's Juma Sei talks with filmmaker and native Detroiter dream hampton about the legacy...

DER Weekends: First Independence Bank is ‘Black-owned, not Black only’

 In the latest episode of DER Weekends, WDET news director Jerome Vaughn talks with the chairman and CEO of the...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan’s child internet safety program adds TikTok, Twitch, more to registry

Michigan has expanded its digital tool intended to protect children in the state from adult content. Subscribe to the Detroit...

DER Weekends: What the Mackinac Policy Conference means for Detroit

In the latest episode of DER Weekends, WDET news director Jerome Vaughn looks back on this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police commissioners board members demand release of unedited footage of officers fatally shooting Porter Burks

Members of Detroit’s police oversight board want the department to release un-edited video from the fatal shooting of Porter Burks....

Detroit Evening Report: Proposed bills that would restore teachers unions’ bargaining power head to Michigan House

Michigan's House Labor Committee has adopted bills to restore some bargaining power for teachers unions. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening...

DER Weekends: Inside Filipino Food Pop-up Sarap Detroit with Dorothy Hernandez

 In  the latest installment of DER Weekends, Sascha Raiyn and Hernz Laguerre, Jr. bring listeners into Detroit’s Filipino food...

Detroit Evening Report: Duggan calls US Census ‘clown show’ after numbers report another population drop

The federal government reports Detroit continues to lose residents in its latest figures. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit spending $10M to replace 5K lead pipes in 2023

The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department plans to spend $10 million to replace 5,000 lead water pipes this year, with...

CuriosiD: Who was Bagley?

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit school closes after student’s death, high rate of illnesses

The Detroit Health Department is working with Detroit Public Schools Community District and state officials to investigate illnesses at two...