Aallyah Wright
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Aallyah Wright is the national rural issues reporter for Capital B News, a Black-led, nonprofit local and national news organization reporting for Black communities across the country. Previously, Aallyah covered rural affairs and led race and equity coverage for Stateline, news initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts. She worked as a weekly news co-host on WROX Radio (97.5 FM) and covered K-12 education and local government for Mississippi Today. As a member of the Delta Bureau, she investigated Mississippi’s teacher shortage, founded the Mississippi Delta Public Newsroom, and launched a multimedia project called “Behind The Headlines: Cleveland Central,” which received an award at the 68th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards. She is a 2020 Mississippi Humanities Council Preserver of Mississippi Culture Award Recipient, 2019 StoryWorks Theater Fellow, and 2018 Educating Children in Mississippi Fellow at the Hechinger Report. Wright graduated from Delta State University with a bachelor’s in journalism and minors in communication and theater.