Elizabeth Baier
Supervising Editor for Race, Class and CommunitiesElizabeth “Liz” Baier is WUNC’s Supervising Editor for Race, Class and Communities. She's a first-generation Colombian-American fluent in Spanish. She has two decades of experience than span print, audio, and digital reporting and editing; multimedia storytelling; digital strategy; training and education; and audience engagement. She joined the station in May 2016 after eight years of reporting for Minnesota Public Radio News. Prior to that, Liz worked for six years as a newspaper reporter in South Florida, both at the Miami Herald and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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North Carolina Republicans came within one seat of gaining a supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly. On Tuesday night, the state GOP did gain a supermajority in the North Carolina Senate.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd has won North Carolina's open Senate seat. The three-term House member defeated Democrat Cheri Beasley on Tuesday and will succeed the retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr.
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The latest on a shooting in northeastern Raleigh that left five people dead, including a Raleigh police officer.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reached a settlement agreement with journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones that resolves legal matters arising from her application for a tenured position at the university.
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Orange County will reinstate its indoor countywide mask mandate effective 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11. The mandate will apply to anyone 2 years and older, regardless of vaccination status.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered Sunday in Elizabeth City, N.C., to demand justice and accountability for the death of Andrew Brown Jr., the Black man who was shot and killed by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrants a week and a half ago.
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Protesters took to the streets in Elizabeth City Monday night following the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s office partial release of body camera video in the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. The protests remained peaceful early in the night, as crowds marched through the city chanting: “Say his name! Andrew Brown!” and "One shot — too many. Twenty seconds — not enough."
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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper wants to lift most capacity and gathering restrictions on June 1. In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Cooper said COVID-19 trends in North Carolina are stable enough to plan for another step in the state's reopening as long as more people get vaccinated.
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On March 24, 2020, COVID-19 claimed its first recorded life in North Carolina. Since then, the pandemic has upended our communities, our families, and our lives in devastating ways. This series aims to tell the life stories of some of those we've lost too soon.
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Epic Games is moving its headquarters to the Cary Towne Center. The company announced the purchase of the building on Sunday. Epic Games says they plan to…
