Leeya Mengistu

Lee Mengistu

Alumni

I pursue audio and multimeda stories about art, access, representation and social justice.

Outside of work, you can catch me at the nearest record store combing for the perfect addition to my collection, or at home getting sucked into yet another Google wormhole related to sound design.

EDUCATION

  • B.A. in Broadcast Journalism (Minor: Sociology), University of Kentucky (2017)

EMPLOYERS

  • Former intern, NPR's All Things Considered

  • Former intern, WUKY (Lexington, KY)

  • Former assistant news editor, Kentucky Kernel

  • Former news director/host/producer, WLXL, Lexington Community Radio

AWARDS & HONORS

  • UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean’s Merit Fellow (2017)

  • NABJ Multimedia Student Projects (2017)

  • Tom Peterson Memorial Scholarship (2017)

  • “Best College Radio Feature,” Kentucky Associated Press (2017)

  • “Best College Radio Reporter,” Kentucky Associated Press (2016)

  • “Best College Public Affairs,” Kentucky Associated Press (2016)

  • University of Kentucky Patterson Scholarship (2013-2017)

PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK

  • Mother Jones, 10/05/2017, Inside the last-minute effort to protect Dreamers from deportation, https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/as-the-daca-renewal-deadline-looms-a-rush-to-pump-out-applications/

  • NPR, 7/21/2017, 15-Year-Old CEO Of Mo's Bows Enters Licensing Deal With NBA, https://www.npr.org/2017/07/21/538608499/15-year-old-ceo-of-mos-bows-enters-licensing-deal-with-nba

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • National Association of Black Journalists

REPORTING INTERESTS

Arts, Human Rights, Immigration, Investigative, Social Issues

MEDIA PLATFORMS

Audio Journalism, Multimedia