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.

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police officer shot in leg during gunfire exchange with suspects

Detroit police are looking for a suspect who shot an officer in the leg early Friday morning. Subscribe to the...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police commissioners board is still paying two former staffers

Members of Detroit’s police oversight board want to remove two staffers who are no longer working but are still getting...

Detroit Evening Report: City of Detroit hosting resource seminar to help homeowners with tax exemptions

The city of Detroit is hosting another Healthy Home HOPE Resource next week to help homeowners seeking tax exemptions. Subscribe...

DER Weekends: Timashion Jones is making moves and a film about jazz legend Marcus Belgrave

In the latest episode of DER Weekends, CultureShift co-host Tia Graham talks with filmmaker Timashion Jones about his work and a new...

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The annual Concert of Colors started this week and culminates in a weekend full of performances from local, national and...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan marks one-year anniversary of 988 crisis lifeline

Michigan is marking the one-year anniversary of its 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit filmmakers receive $60K grant for short film to address vaccine hesitancy in Black communities

Harlem-based Black Public Media has awarded $160,000 in grants to projects aimed at combatting vaccine hesitancy in the Black community....

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In the latest episode of DER Weekends, WDET's Juma Sei talks with filmmaker and native Detroiter dream hampton about the legacy...

DER Weekends: First Independence Bank is ‘Black-owned, not Black only’

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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan’s child internet safety program adds TikTok, Twitch, more to registry

Michigan has expanded its digital tool intended to protect children in the state from adult content. Subscribe to the Detroit...

DER Weekends: What the Mackinac Policy Conference means for Detroit

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Members of Detroit’s police oversight board want the department to release un-edited video from the fatal shooting of Porter Burks....