Mawa Iqbal
ReporterMawa Iqbal is a reporter for WYSO. Before coming to WYSO, she interned at Kansas City PBS's digital magazine, Flatland. There, her reporting focused on higher education and immigrant communities in the Kansas City area. She studied radio journalism at Mizzou, where she also worked for their local NPR-affiliate station as a reporter.
Originally from the Chicago-land area, this is Mawa's first time in Ohio. So far, she loves everything the Miami Valley has to offer (especially their doughnut shops!).
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The Crisis Now Hotline will connect callers experiencing mental health emergencies to local resources.
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Community cleanup group "I Love West Dayton" is looking to launch an affordable housing project, "No Place Like Home."
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Kamran Afzal will bring 30 years of law enforcement experience as Dayton's new police chief.
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Local wrestlers came to the Springfield VFW to duke it out in a match hosted by the Dynamic Championship Wrestling company.
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Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc. is one of ten nonprofits to receive a grant to help tenants at risk of eviction. The $1 million award comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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As part of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize awards ceremony, author Margaret Atwood and feminist Gloria Steinem talk about advancing peace in the face of injustice.
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The vibes were very different at each candidate's watch party, all held in different parts of the city.
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WYSO's Mawa Iqbal sits down with long-time Dayton public servant on why he's running to be Dayton's next leader.
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With Election Day fast approaching, WYSO's Mawa Iqbal talks to Jeffrey Mims Jr. about his candidacy for Dayton mayor.
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The Montgomery County Democratic Party released two attack ads against Shenise Turner-Sloss and Darryl Fairchild, candidates in the Dayton City Commissioner race.