Hady Mawajdeh
Guns & America Audion Reporting FellowHady Mawajdeh came to KERA from Austin, Texas, where worked on “The national daily news show of Texas,” Texas Standard. At the Standard, Mawajdeh crafted stories and segments about the topics and headlines that mattered most to Texans.
Prior to his work on the Standard, Mawajdeh lived and worked in Durham, North Carolina, where he worked as a producer at North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC. At WUNC, he was able to work on the statewide news program The State of Things.
Mawajdeh’s journalistic career began during college as an intern and freelance reporter at NPR affiliate KUT 90.5 FM Austin.
Mawajdeh was born and raised in Central Texas and attended college at Texas State University.
Mawajdeh is the 2019-2020 Guns & America Audion Reporting Fellow.
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Democrats and liberals had high hopes of flipping the state of Texas in 2020. But from the presidency down to the Texas House, they faced disappointment. Here's a look at the takeaways for the two major parties after the 2020 election. -
As the country has grappled with police shootings, cities like Dallas and Washington D.C. have changed their policies on how and when police departments should release body camera footage.
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In recent years, Texas has been home to several high-profile mass shootings and increased gun violence. But for some reason, no one's talking about guns on the campaign trail. We take a look at the issue through the lens of the 2020 Senate Race in Texas.
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Listen to the new KERA series Gun Play this week. Hosts Hady Mawajdeh and Jerome Weeks follow Dallas' Cry Havoc Theater Company as its student actors travel across the country talking to people on all sides of the firearms debate.
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The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to approve a $3.8 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Despite activists' outcries, council members didn't make significant changes to the police budget.
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Community leaders and activists in Dallas have demanded city leaders divest from the police department and invest in social services. But council members say public safety is still the top priority despite moving to increase spending on DPD.
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The City of Dallas recently began a series of virtual town halls to discuss the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The meetings are a way for…
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On Aug. 3, 2019, police say 21-year-old Patrick Crusius opened fire on shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso, killing 23 people in what would be the deadliest…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the United States. More than 140,000 people have died, and tens of millions have lost their jobs. Lakrescia Thompson – a…
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Dallas police issued new restrictions on the use of "non-lethal" weapons like tear gas and pepper balls on Wednesday.That policy on so-called "First…
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As school districts across North Texas prepare for the new academic year amid the pandemic, the Denton Independent School District is delaying its start…
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The Dallas area's new walk-up COVID-19 testing site in Pleasant Grove was supposed to open Monday. But, according to the Parkland Hospital System, someone…
