Obed Manuel
Obed Manuel works as a digital editor for Morning Edition. He edits and writes digital articles, both original and those based on broadcast stories.
Prior to joining NPR, he worked as an audience editor at Colorado Public Radio and as editor of Denverite, a digital-first daily news site focused on the Denver metro. While there, he contributed to multiple award-winning efforts, including a national award for enterprise reporting from the Public Media Journalists Association about Colorado’s affordable housing crisis.
Manuel has also worked as a reporter for The Dallas Morning News, covering immigration policy, the city’s Hispanic/Latinx population, and daily city news. While there, he broke the story of Francisco Galicia, a U.S. citizen who was detained in a border facility for nearly a month in squalid conditions, which garnered national and international attention and led to Galicia’s release.
He has written for the Dallas Observer, Central Track, Latina Lista and The Texas Observer. He was also part of the inaugural class of Report for America, a nonprofit effort aimed at bolstering local news.
Born in Mexico, Manuel grew up in Oak Cliff, a neighborhood of Dallas, TX. He graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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A bipartisan bill in Congress would enable President Trump to slap "bone-crushing sanctions" on Russia, says Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. -
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A U.S. Marine veteran and son of a man whose violent arrest went viral, said his father always prioritized he and his two Marine brothers' well-being so that they could "give back to this country." -
Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech. -
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says President Trump's decision to strike Iran leaves the U.S. in a "dangerous" moment and he worries it may speed up its efforts to build a nuclear weapon. -
Right-wing podcaster and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says Elon Musk "crossed the Rubicon" by calling for impeachment. He says the president should deal with feud as "national security issue." -
The Red Cross says Israeli forces killed 27 people attempting to get aid in Gaza on Tuesday. An Israeli American advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that account is "not accurate." -
Cutting off research funding for Harvard University might hurt the school, its president Alan Garber told NPR, but it also potentially sets back important work that benefits the public.
