DAYTON — A local journalist known for her series that gave formerly incarcerated people a chance to tell their stories has died.
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Mary Evans, host of WYSO’s ‘ReEntry Stories’, was found dead in her Dayton home on June 19, WYSO reported.
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Evans has produced the series since 2019, drawing on experience from her own time in prison.
Evans also served as a site coordinator for Wilmington College’s prison education program and co-founded the Dayton Journalism Lab, according to WYSO.
A public memorial will be held for her this evening at 6 p.m. at the WYSO Public Radio Studios at 150 East South College Street in Yellow Springs.
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