A local education nonprofit says President Biden’s new student debt relief plan could make a big difference for first-generation college students in Rhode Island.
Mareva Lindo
Mareva joined The Public’s Radio in 2022 and oversees daily news production, writes our Daily Catch newsletter and edits two weekly productions, Artscape and The Weekly Catch.
In 2023, Mareva received two awards from the Public Media Journalists Association for her work with The Public's Radio, including a first-place Multi-Media Presentation award for the 2022 Elections page, and a second-place Short Documentary award for editing and co-production of “The Secret of Chiqui Versace."
A Chicago-made journalist and musician, Mareva strives to document and tell stories driven by community, curiosity, and listening. She is the creator of The Archives podcast at the Old Town School of Folk Music, where in 2017 she conducted an oral history of the school in partnership with StoryCorps. In the past Mareva has reported on public meetings as a City Bureau Documenter, led workshops on podcasting and audio storytelling, and crafted ethnography-based theater as a company member of the Albany Park Theater Project.
She holds a B.A. from Smith College in American Studies with a focus in popular culture. When not at The Public's Radio, she's been known to sing sea shanties and play the fiddle.
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McKee tests positive for COVID-19
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee tested positive for COVID-19 Saturday evening, according to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson Matt Sheaff. McKee plans to work remotely while isolating for five days. The governor is reportedly experiencing mild symptoms, and is “in good spirits,” said Sheaff. McKee is vaccinated, has received two booster shots, and is […]
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RI police captain charged with assault for arrest caught on video
A Providence police captain has been charged with simple assault, after being caught on video smashing a suspect’s head into the ground during an arrest over Independence Day weekend.
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Henry Sharpe, Rhode Island philanthropist and manufacturing leader, dies at 99
Henry “Hank” Sharpe, Jr., philanthropist and longtime president of the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, passed away Friday in Maine at 99 years old, his family said Thursday. Born in Providence in 1923, Sharpe was a graduate of Brown University and a Navy veteran of World War II. He took the helm of the well-known […]
