Hady Mawajdeh is a Reporting Fellow for the public media collaborative, Guns & America, and previously, he was an Arts Reporter and Digital Editor for KERA’s Art & Seek. Hady came to KERA from Austin where he worked on Texas Standard — “the national daily news show of Texas.”

At the Standard, Hady crafted stories and segments about the topics and headlines that mattered most to Texans. Prior to his work on the Standard, Hady worked in Durham, North Carolina, where he was a producer at North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC. There, he worked on the statewide news program, The State of Things. Hady’s journalism career began during college as an intern and freelance reporter at NPR affiliate KUT 90.5 FM Austin.

Hady was born and raised in Central Texas and attended college at Texas State University. Hady is obsessed with pop culture, music, photography and…ART! If you’d like to connect with Hady or simply see what he’s reading, listening to or covering, follow him on Twitter — @hadysauce.