Mayowa Aina
Special Projects Reporter and ProducerMayowa Aina covers cost-of-living and affordability issues in Western Washington. She focuses on how people do (or don't) make ends meet, impacts on residents' earning potential and proposed solutions for supporting people living at the margins of our community. Get in touch with her by emailing maina@knkx.org.
Mayowa also reports and produces special projects, including podcasts and series, for KNKX. She was part of the team that reported and produced The Walk Home. Mayowa started her public radio career at KUOW in Seattle. She's worked at NPR in Washington, D.C., producing and reporting stories across the network including for Code Switch and Weekend Edition.
Mayowa spent two years at Alaska Public Media, covering education and producing a nightly news magazine before moving back to her hometown of Tacoma. Mayowa enjoys live music, taking road trips, and watching fridge organization videos on TikTok.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Mayowa Aina, host of the KNKX podcast The Walk Home, about the police killing of an unarmed Black man, Manuel Ellis. The police officers are now on trial.
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Tacoma police officers Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank and Timothy Rankine face felony charges in Manuel Ellis' death. Their trial began Monday. -
On Monday, jury selection begins in the long-anticipated trial in the killing of Manny Ellis, more than three and a half years after his death while in police custody. KNKX's Jared Brown will be covering the trial and provides a preview of what's ahead.
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The trial of the three Tacoma police officers charged with killing Manny Ellis is about to begin.
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A judge ruled August 30, 2023 the City of Tacoma ran "afoul" of the State Constitution by passing a law and then placing that law on the November ballot.
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Family members, advocates, and community members gathered in Olympia, Wash., to celebrate the life of Timothy Green, who was killed by police last year, and renew calls for mental health support.
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Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died March 3, 2020, in police restraints after a struggle with police officers in Tacoma, Wash. KNKX is covering the trial of the officers charged with killing him: Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank and Timothy Rankine.
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ReConnect is KNKX Public Radio’s daily news podcast. Listen every weekday to hear the latest stories coming from the KNKX newsroom, and a deep dive into one KNKX Original every week. Hosted by KNKX Reporters Freddy Monares and Mayowa Aina.
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Two borrowers give their initial reactions to the Supreme Court's ruling to strike down the Biden Administration's initial student loan debt relief plan. Nearly 700,000 Washingtonians were eligible for relief.
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Raising Girls provides free hygiene kits to school-aged children across the South Sound.
