Eli Chen
Digital News ProducerEli Chen 陳歆 is a digital news producer at WUNC and reports on a wide range of issues relevant to the NC Triangle. The stories they cover also emphasize the state's rapidly growing Asian diaspora communities. Eli also produces editorial illustrations, which have accompanied their coverage of immigration policy, the Hopscotch 2025 festival and Embodied's relationship advice zine for the podcast's Transformation live show at Motorco. They also worked on the award-winning Scorched Workers reporting series on how rising heat from climate change is impacting outdoor workers.
Prior to WUNC, Eli was the senior editor on National Geographic's audio team, where she oversaw production of Overheard at Nat Geo, which won the 2022 Ambies Award for the best science and knowledge podcast. They also covered science and environmental issues for several years at St. Louis Public Radio and Delaware Public Media, and produced — and also appeared in — segments for Science Friday. While in St. Louis, they helped launch live storytelling shows there with the science communication nonprofit and podcast, The Story Collider. Eli also has served as a regular mentor with the NPR’s Next Generation Radio project since 2017. They have a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and environmental sustainability from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a master’s in journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in New York.
Eli was born and raised by Taiwanese immigrants in the northwest Chicago suburbs. They live with their partner and dog in Chapel Hill, and in their spare time, they attend community art events, make zines, and organize Asian food gatherings with their friends, which includes the Congee Corner project at Scrap Exchange. You can follow them on instagram @elichenreports and reach out at elichen@wunc.org.
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Meteorologists project that central North Carolina will see more snow this Saturday, but it won't be as intense or hazardous as the ice storm last weekend. -
With the snow and icy weather winding down, emergency shelters in Wake and Durham counties are planning to close. -
Meteorologists say an arctic cold front is expected to pass through central North Carolina late Friday. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain are possible Saturday and Sunday. -
Since December, there have been 11 known cases of measles in North Carolina, stemming from the ongoing outbreak in South Carolina. State health officials have released a new dashboard to track cases in NC. -
UNC Health says last year, its providers began limiting medical services around gender transition to patients who are at least 19 years of age, in response to pending federal guidelines around this issue. This exceeds state law, which prohibits gender-affirming care for those under 18. -
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University recently opened "Dis/orient," an exhibition that aims to confront long-held stereotypes about Asian people and culture by uplifting diverse forms of creative expression by various contemporary Asian diaspora artists. -
New town council members Bella Huang of Cary and Sue Mu of Apex represent the latest in a growing number of Asian women who have won local elections in the North Carolina Triangle. -
Cary resident Yukie Segnini started Yukiya Bakery to share her passion for Japanese pastries. The pop-up bakery, which appears often at Wake County farmers markets, sells the only authentic Japanese milk bread in the area. -
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Forecasters say that parts of central North Carolina could see anywhere between a half inch to two inches of snow by Monday night. They also warn that there will very likely be black ice on the roads Monday night through Tuesday morning.
