Alana Wise
Alana Wise joined WAMU in September 2018 as the 2018-2020 Audion Reporting Fellow for . Selected as one of 10 recipients nationwide of the Audion Reporting Fellowship, Alana works in the WAMU newsroom as part of a national reporting project and is spending two years focusing on the impact of guns in the Washington region.
Prior to joining WAMU, Wise was a politics and later companies news reporter at Reuters, where she covered the 2016 presidential election and the U.S. airline industry. Ever the fan of cherry blossoms and unpredictable weather, Alana, an Atlanta native and Howard University graduate, can be found roaming the city admiring puppies and the national monuments, in that order.
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The New York Times reported the Florida Republican is being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him. -
The White House on Tuesday unveiled actions to reverse the rising violent crimes against the AAPI community. Advocates and Asian American leaders have pressed the administration to do more.
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President Biden is doubling his original COVID-19 vaccination goal to 200 million shots in arms by his 100th day in office. -
The move comes as a flood of migrants to the southern border has tested the Biden administration's handling of immigration issues. -
Julia Letlow won a special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant when her husband died. In another Louisiana district, Democrats Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson head to a runoff. -
The president said he would announce his next vaccination goal next week. "We need millions more to get vaccinated," Biden said. -
The San Antonio man faces several weapons charges after police recovered a rifle and ammunition from his vehicle. -
More than 4,000 unaccompanied minors are in U.S. custody at the border, straining Homeland Security capacity. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers "it will take time" to get under control. -
Maj. Gen. William Walker said the Department of Defense took three hours to approve deploying the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6 after a "frantic" request from Capitol Police. -
President Biden moves his timeline up by two months while directing all 50 states and the District of Columbia to move school workers up in line for vaccinations, beginning next week.
