Mixed status families are a reality for many in the immigrant community. Some family members are documented while others are not. At an immigration rally in Houston in 2017, I met a ten-year-old boy with a fear that he would be separated from his parents who are undocumented. I produced a story about the family and how they live with constant uncertainty about their future.
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At KUHF, Houston Public Media, I helped launch the station's first call-in public affairs show, Houston Matters. For the show's launch, I reached out to listeners to define and create content on what Houston means for them.
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On daily deadline, I produced minute-long and two-minute spots for Atlanta's NPR station. From regional leaders passing a $6.1 billion transportation draft list to intra-state legal battles over water usage, I covered general assignment stories by quickly studying an issue outside of my beat or by developing expertise by following events and news on the beats that I developed.
As an NPR Kroc Fellow, I rotated through NPR’s major news departments every three months, producing the web component to radio stories on NPR.org, condensing host-and-interviewee conversations for radio broadcast on Weekend Edition Saturday, reporting stories for NPR’s National Desk and its member station, WNPR in Hartford, CT.
I broke a story about one of the largest Presbyterian churches in the country considering leaving its denomination. One of the issues of concern was a narrow defeat by the denomination on the redefinition of marriage. I covered the process of what it means to leave a denomination, and I covered the church members ultimate vote on whether or not to enter a procedure for reconciliation or dismissal.
Major Presbyterian church may consider leaving its denomination
Major Presbyterian Church votes to discuss affiliation with denomination
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At WABE News in Atlanta, I created the station's first-ever immigration beat. The big state political story in 2011 was the passage of a strict new immigration law. On daily deadline, I covered the politics surrounding the law, analysis of similar measures in other states and the effect of the law on the city's immigrant and business communities. For a series that I did for the station that coincided with when the law went into effect, I won a statewide award for “Best Series Reporting” from the Associated Press. (That series is highlighted in the awards section of the website.)
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Teachers and school principals talked about the challenges they face when students take extended vacations, and don’t return to school until weeks after it re-opens.
When New York City schools debuted a new online site for kindergarten applications, I covered the process. Some education advocates were worried about access, whether low-income or immigrant New Yorkers could easily access the website, while others talked how relatively easy the site was to navigate.
I covered the last broadcast days of KCOH, a radio station that billed itself as the oldest and largest African-American radio station in the south. The radio station is an institution within the city’s black community, and I covered callers and hosts interacted with each other.
