Dr. Ashira Blazer

Dr. Ashira Blazer (@ahira_md) is an Academic Rheumatologist NYU Langone Health specializing in lupus in the African diaspora.

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Announcing the 2020 Third Coast/RHDF Winners

Without further ado... here are the eleven extraordinary stories reflect the finest work in the narrative audio industry & push the boundaries of audio storytelling, selected by these 20 judges, and in the categories of... Best New Artist, Radio Impact, Best News Feature, Audio Unbound, Best Documentary: Short, Best Documentary: Non-English Language, Best Serialized Story, Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze), and Directors’ Choice:

Impact2020 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

Guest Medical Expert Dat Rona

Dat Rona, a Black colloquialism to describe the coronavirus, was produced in 3 days to disseminate ‘Rona’ knowledge after harmful media stories began to circulate that Black people were immune to the virus.