Amy Diaz
Amy Diaz began covering education in North Carolina’s Piedmont region and High Country for WFDD in partnership with Report For America in 2022. Before entering the world of public radio, she worked as a local government reporter in Flint, Mich. where she was named the 2021 Rookie Writer of the Year by the Michigan Press Association.
Diaz is originally from Florida, where she interned at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and freelanced for the Tampa Bay Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Florida, but truly got her start in the field in elementary school writing scripts for the morning news. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.
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Marshall Ashcraft, who served on the board from 2020 to 2024, will be taking over for Charlotte Mizelle Lloyd, who recently stepped down due to a family health matter. -
An investigation by the North Carolina state auditor found Michael Boaz spent more than $14,000 on food and alcohol-related purchases using his town-issued credit card. -
High Point resident Ahmed Salim noticed an oddly large amount of bamboo in his neighborhood. WFDD's Amy Diaz spoke with a local expert on invasive plants to find out why there's so much of it in the area. -
State education officials temporarily disabled Canvas, a learning management system, following a nationwide security incident. -
Officials are considering relocating the roughly 150 students attending The Special Children’s School and The Children's Center into district-owned schools with available space. -
Without a state budget, Davidson County Schools has opted to freeze hiring for vacant positions to prepare for the unknown. -
Several Greensboro City Council members voiced concerns about the recent surge in data center proposals across the state at a meeting Monday night. -
Residents interested in the role can email the board’s executive assistant by this Friday. -
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials say the boundary changes will save the district more than 1,700 miles a day and over $1 million a year. -
Forsyth County teachers, staff and community members piled onto buses early Friday morning to head to Raleigh for the May 1 "Kids Over Corporations" protest.
