Elizabeth Baier
Elizabeth “Liz” Baier is WUNC’s Digital News Editor. She joined the station in May 2016 after eight year of reporting for Minnesota Public Radio News where she covered everything from demographic changes in rural America, agriculture, the environment and health care. 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.
Born in Chicago to a Colombian mother and German father, Baier’s background inspires her to find stories that introduce listeners and readers to new places and compelling characters. She studied journalism and international relations at the University of Miami and received a certificate in Contemporary Latin American Studies from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago.
In 2006, she fell in love with multimedia storytelling. That’s one of the reasons she landed in public radio. When she’s not looking for a good story, she travels, hikes, reads and attempts to cook new recipes. And she likes to walk. In 2014, she completed the 500-mile Camino de Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage in northern Spain.
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Republican incumbent Pat McCrory trails Democrat Roy Cooper by more than 6,100 votes in the ongoing race for North Carolina's governor. In the two weeks...
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Jennifer Mesk’s love for photography started out of as frustration."I always loved taking pictures but grew frustrated not being able to capture the...
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Updated 3:15 p.m. October 17, 2016 Governor Pat McCrory was in New Bern this afternoon to survey damage from the floods left behind by Hurricane Matthew...
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Officials say the death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has risen to 17. Earlier in the day, officials in Robeson County said they found the...
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Update 2:15 p.m. Friday, 10/7/16 The eye of Hurricane Matthew is now expected to come closer to the North Carolina coast than forecasters predicted. In...
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By day, Philip Vignola Jr. works in technology at Research Triangle Park. In his spare time, he likes to roam the streets of downtown Durham and...
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Charlotte's police chief says video footage of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott does not show 'definitive evidence' that Scott pointed a gun at...
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For E.J. Dwigans, the intersection of nature and photography is where he most likes to be."My favorite place to take photos is the forest, any forest,"...
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Updated Saturday 9:00 p.m. Dare County Emergency Management says all major roads and bridges are now open. Flooding was worse than expected, as the back...
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A federal appeals court has found that North Carolina's voter identification law was enacted "with discriminatory intent" and must be blocked. An...