Maleeha Syed

Maleeha Syed is a podcast producer and the co-host of Northwest Reports. She previously worked as the Cascade PBS communities reporter and as a staff reporter at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont.

Latest work

Equity

WA awards grants to BIPOC groups tackling birthing inequities

A project from the Washington State Department of Health is funding five organizations to help address racism and maternal mortality rates.

Maleeha Syed • March 29th

Northwest Reports

The Future of Downtown Seattle

Sara Bernard • March 29th

Northwest Reports

Providing Afghans With Refuge After War

Sara Bernard • March 21st

News

How WA's worst mass shooting isolated Seattle's Chinese Americans

The Wah Mee tragedy shook the Chinatown-International District 40 years ago. The ensuing media coverage further traumatized a grieving community.

Maleeha Syed • March 17th

News

Japanese Americans protest a wind project near the Minidoka site

Advocates say 400 turbines will threaten the sanctity of the historic Idaho location that served as an incarceration camp during WWII.

Maleeha Syed • March 15th