Ngozi Cole
Reporter/ProducerBefore joining KAZU, Ngozi covered health, business and economy stories for WYSO in southwest Ohio and The Ohio Newsroom. She’s also worked as a freelance reporter for Reveal, The New Humanitarian and other outlets.
Her reporting has been supported by the Young Feminist Fund and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Before pursuing journalism full-time, Ngozi worked in the humanitarian aid sector.
Born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Ngozi graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and The College of Wooster. When she’s not chasing a story, Ngozi is usually buried in a good book, or binge-watching Korean drama shows.
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In this week's episode of Monterey Bay This Week, Cal State Monterey Bay hosts it's fourth annual gift drive for student-parents, a UC Santa Cruz program dedicated to preserving community history is ending just three years after its debut, and more local news. -
Multiple agencies have suspended their search for a swimmer who went missing at Lover’s Point Beach in Pacific Grove on Sunday. And, a new California law will make it illegal for AI chatbots to misrepresent themselves as licensed clinicians. -
In this episode of Monterey Bay This Week, stories from around the region include an ongoing investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Soledad, a story about local TV news, a Christmas walking tour in Monterey, and more. -
Nurses at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula say they want a fair union election. And, Covered California officials say early data shows a decline in new signups compared to last year.
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Major layoffs in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, local growers are unhappy with a Trump farm bailout, and new approaches for housing gain steam. That and more in this week's roundup. -
Nurses at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula have filed to unionize. And, University of California researchers are working with state ag officials to monitor an invasive insect. -
Monterey County officials are ramping up outreach about upcoming changes to Medi-Cal for some immigrants. -
YWCA has opened a location in South Monterey County. And, Carmel bans pickleball at its only public park. -
As state lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol next year, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas says he’s starting a new oversight process to judge the effectiveness of legislation. And, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office is warning people to beware of scams this holiday season. -
SPCA Monterey County hosted a Black Friday pet adoption event, CSUMB layoffs averted, and more in this week's local news roundup.
