Azmia Riaz (she/her) is a journalist with the Irish Independent. Azmia was born and raised in South India where she started out as an education journalist with The New Indian Express, a role she held for four years. She moved to Ireland in 2021 to pursue her Masters at UCD where she worked with local radio stations and the LGBTQIA+ society. She joined the Irish Independent as a MET news reporter and went on to cover human interest stories for daily features and rural affairs. She currently works in the role of Local Democracy Reporter for Dublin. She also contributes to the first person section of the Irish Independent and has written about subjects like identity, gender and migration.
Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/
Credits:
Host: Orla Vaughan
Editors: Caitríona Murphy and Orla April Koivisto
Production Coordinator: Linda McGrath
Production Support: Dani Lovera Teixeira, Megan Atkinson and Kai Allen
Episodes were recorded on location in Co Clare, Ireland and in the Creative Studio, Ballyfermot Library, Dublin. Our sincere thanks to the library staff who assisted us in the recording.
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