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.

Michigan Students Respond to DeVos Title IX Announcement

Students in Michigan are responding to a Department of Education announcement last week suggesting the department will change how sexual...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: A Tale of Two Paper’s Opinions

  Stephen Henderson is the editor of the liberal-leaning editorial page at the Detroit Free Press. Nolan Finley, on the other...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: House, Techno, Raves and Voguing

In this episode of StoryCorps Detroit, we bring you three stories where people talk about the supportive culture they find...

Coleman Young II to Face Duggan in General Election

Sascha Raiyn Coleman Young II took second place in Tuesday’s mayoral primary.  Young told his supporters to get in “fighting shape”...

Candidates for Brian Banks’ Seat Talk Character and Corruption

Learn about the candidates for District 1 here. There are fourteen people running in next week’s special election to fill...

Primary Candidates for Michigan’s District 1

WDET and Fox 2 asked the 14 candidates for Michigan's District 1 House seat representing Harper Woods, Grosse Pointes Woods, the...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: Yellowman

In this episode of the StoryCorps Detroit podcast, we hear the story of how Ken met Lori. StoryCorps Ken remembers...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “It seems like fewer of us make it now.”

In 1967, Bill Williams was a teenager living with his extended family not far from the intersection of 12th Street and...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: What the Kids Are Saying About 1967

In this episode of StoryCorps Detroit, we look at the violence and looting that occurred in July 1967 through the...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: Poetry and Parenting

Detroit-based poet jessica Care moore first gained national attention for her poetry performances when she won five weeks in a...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “Much better than everything people said you were”

WDET/Candice Fortman Jennifer Smith is the founder of Closing the Gap, a nonprofit that uses personalized mentorship to help Detroit...

Students and Pros Design Study Space at Osborne High

Gensler City Year Detroit places young people between 18 and 25 years old in 7 schools in the city to...