Natu Tweh
Morning Edition ProducerNatu Tweh is a first-year music business and entertainment industries grad student at the University of Miami. Born in Miami and raised in Kendall, he is a South Floridian native who has always lived at the intersection of multiple cultures.
With his Liberian culture in front of him and Latin culture around him, Natu grew to appreciate the stories that highlight our differences and similarities. From food to music, he enjoys crossing the bridges that link the cultures around him. The chance of a new experience pushes him in life and in storytelling.
At the University of Florida, he wrote for a music blog and hosted Connect The Dots, a show focused on music and activism on WGOT 100.1 FM. For a year he helped capture the flow of music coming through Gainesville and brought awareness to community-driven projects. Everyone has a story to tell, maybe two, and Natu believes chronicling those stories is beneficial to everyone and anyone.
After graduating from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s in journalism, his passion for learning and adventure took him to Salt Lake City. He interned with RadioWest, a talk show out of KUER 90.1. An episode he worked on booked and helped edit was awarded third place for a radio general feature from the Utah chapter of the SPJ. Now he has returned to Miami, hoping to learn everything he can at WLRN.
Aside from journalism, Natu has an ever-increasing list of hobbies and he is always excited to add something new to it. The top of this list includes music, playing rhythm games, martial arts, breakdancing, reading manga, trying new craft beer and more.
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The lottery for Florida's coveted quota liquor license provides versatility for business owners and a lucrative opportunity for individuals.
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An exhibition at The Arc in Opa-locka provides a look into the civil rights movement and Black life in the South through the works of photojournalist Ernest C. Withers.
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With the theme 'WORD! Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop Culture,' this year's South Florida Book Festival celebrated the impact the genre has had in our culture, through a mix of literature and visual performances in Fort Lauderdale.
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On The South Florida Roundup, we spoke about the Broward County Public School Board's contentious closed-door meeting that has led to a push to have students carry clear backpacks for safety reasons.
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As four Proud Boys are convicted of seditious conspiracy over the January 6th riot, we discussed whether the political emergence of members of the group in South Florida should have been seen as a warning sign.
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On The South Florida Roundup, we spoke about the convictions placed on four members of The Proud Boys. We also looked at Broward County's current search for another superintendent, and the wave of vigilantism across Haiti.
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Hialeah Mayor Steve Bovo defends the economic basis of the move, while a Brownsville community leader tells WLRN residents are upset by the potential plan to carve up the neighborhood.
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On the South Florida Roundup, we looked at the effort to use freight-train tracks, running mainly across Miami-Dade’s west suburbs, for passenger rail lines to reach long neglected areas of the county: north, east, west and especially south. We also examined Hialeah’s controversial bid to expand into unincorporated Brownsville — one of Miami’s most important historically-Black neighborhoods (21:28). Finally, we talked about why Colombia expelled Venezuelan democracy hero Juan Guaidó — and why he is now in South Florida (37:56).
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Black women are nearly three times more likely than white women to die of pregnancy-related causes in the U.S. To mark Black Maternal Health Week, WLRN spoke to two local doctors about the causes of this disparity in health care outcomes and how to address them.
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In a new study ranking cities by people's friendliness and willingness to help, Miami places near the bottom in all categories. On the South Florida Roundup, we explored why the city regularly frequents the wrong end of these studies.
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On this episode of the South Florida Roundup, we spoke about Miami's low ranking as one of the friendliest and helpful cities in America. We also spoke about a rare intersection of faith, as Christians, Jews and Muslims all observe some of their holiest periods this week (21:41).
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Citizens Insurance is seeking a 14.2% rate increase. Mark Friedlander, of the Insurance Information Institute, says it could have been much higher if they weren't rate-restricted.