Introducing our spring 2022 pupil fellows

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For virtually two a number of years, Texas Tribune fellows have been a will need to have as our newsroom navigates the COVID-19 pandemic, redistricting, elections, new pointers, legislative courses, a lethal winter season storm and rather more. They’ve confirmed us how North Texans are aiding Afghan refugees settling within the spot, documented the outcomes of Texas’ new abortion constraints and knowledgeable readers about Texas leaders’ response to federal vaccine mandates — all while experiencing a number of the most unsure moments of their lives. Every particular person semester, we’re amazed with our fellows’ perseverance, professionalism and compassion for the Texans they’re masking.

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The Tribune is enthusiastic to announce the 15 pupils chosen for our 2022 spring fellowship program: Angelica Arinze, Timia Cobb, Sneha Dey, Megan Fletcher, Emily Hernandez, Isabel Herrera, Eric Lau, José Luis Martínez, Ashley Miznazi, Jacob Ohara, Brooke Park, Brady Stone, Lauren Grace Witte, Sloan Wyatt and Andrew Zhang.

This spectacular course of learners — who will join us from Texas and all through the nation — will spend the upcoming fairly a couple of months doing work in a single of those spots of our newsroom: viewers engagement, info visuals, format, engineering, conditions, selling and communications, multimedia, footage and reporting.

Across the many years, Tribune fellows have absent on to pleasurable work alternatives and fellowships at info companies all through the nation along with Politico, The Dallas Morning Data, Texas Group Radio, The New York Occasions, The Sacramento Bee, Bloomberg Data and The Washington Submit. And a quantity of Tribune staffers — like Bobby Blanchard, Eddie Gaspar, Emily Goldstein, Malú González, Regina Mack, Alexa Ura, Reese Oxner and Allyson Waller — 1st joined us by the use of the fellowship methodology.

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The Tribune’s paid fellowship software program is side time within the spring and drop and complete time in the summertime time. We pair every particular person college pupil with a mentor and format workshops for them on matters like investigative reporting and Texas politics. Test our place listings in a while this 12 months for extra info and details on easy methods to use for the tumble 2022 fellowship utility.

Angelica Arinze, a senior on the School of Texas at Austin, is an engagement fellow. She has interned for The Each day Dot, the Knight Center for Journalism within the Americas and PEN The us, a literary nonprofit. She additionally potential prospects the range & inclusion board at her scholar newspaper, The Day-to-day Texan.

Timia Cobb, a senior at Texas Situation College, is a reporting fellow. She was the information editor for Texas State’s pupil newspaper, the College Star, and the assistant web site written content material supervisor on the college’s radio station, KTSW 89.9. She has labored with quite a few companies in quite a few communities, this kind of as Mano Amiga, the League of Females Voters and Texas State’s chapter of the NAACP.

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Sneha Dey, a senior at Northwestern School, is a reporting fellow. The New York native has beforehand labored for the Chicago Sunshine-Moments, NPR and Chalkbeat. She has additionally served as editor-in-main of The On a regular basis Northwestern. When she’s not within the newsroom, she is heading on operates or consuming her method because of Austin.

Megan Fletcher, a junior on the School of Texas at Austin, is a design and magnificence fellow. Megan previously labored because the fashion editor at The Day-to-day Texan, as a graphic designer at UT’s School or college of Liberal Arts and she or he has interned within the Texas Home of Representatives.

Emily Hernandez, a senior on the School of Texas at Austin, is a reporting fellow. Emily has earlier interned with the Austin American-Statesman and KUT Radio — Austin’s NPR station. She has labored in quite a few positions at The Each day Texan — UT’s pupil newspaper — reminiscent of affiliate controlling editor and information editor. Emily can also be a member of the Countrywide Affiliation of Hispanic Journalists.

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Isabel Herrera, a senior at St. Edwards College, is an occasions fellow. Previously, Isabel has labored as a pupil chief with a quantity of organizations focused on rising civic engagement and producing level out and neighborhood governments extra accessible for youthful people and folks of coloration.

Eric Lau, a sophomore on the School of Michigan, is an engineering fellow. Eric is a dealing with on the web editor — and was beforehand a particulars journalist and world vast net developer — at his pupil newspaper, The Michigan Day by day. He’s additionally a member of the Asian American Journalists Affiliation.

José Luis Martínez, a senior on the College of Texas at Austin, is a particulars visuals fellow. José has labored as a particulars reporting intern at American Group Media’s investigative unit — APM Tales — and was an rising reporter fellow with ProPublica. Forward of that, he made video clips for Austin’s El Mundo Newspaper and hosted a podcast for Central American Information. He has freelanced for El Faro English and Latin The us Data Dispatch.

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Ashley Miznazi, a senior on the College of Texas at Austin, is returning for a second semester as a multimedia fellow. She beforehand labored as a reporting intern for KXAN-Television in Austin. She is the host of Darkness, a podcast in regards to the 2018 Austin bombings for The Drag audio creation property at UT-Austin and has sensible expertise within the image and video departments at The Day-to-day Texan.

Jacob Ohara, a senior at Northwestern School, is a multimedia fellow. Jacob interned this summer season on Forbes’ video clip group. He has lined his house state of California with the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters and is a fellow at The Emma Bowen Basis. He has additionally been digital operating editor of The Every day Northwestern.

Brooke Park, a junior on the College of Texas at Austin, is a reporting fellow. She has labored at Local people Have an effect on and the Austin American-Statesman and held a number of positions at The On a regular basis Texan, which embrace info editor.

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Brady Stone, a senior at Texas A&M College, is an engagement fellow. He’s labored as a contract reporter for the Tyler Morning Telegraph and the (Bryan-Faculty Station) Eagle. Beforehand, Brady was a web site designer and assistant information editor at The Battalion, A&M’s college student-run newspaper, simply earlier than serving as its editor-in-main from May 2020 to May 2021.

Lauren Grace Witte, a junior on the School of Florida, is a photographs fellow. Lauren has labored as an image intern for the Gainesville Daylight and as multimedia editor for the Unbiased Florida Alligator. She loves photographing human-desire tales. Her most popular problem to this point concerned pursuing near an Ocala, Fla., cowboy for a semester.

Sloan Wyatt, a senior on the School of Texas at Austin, is a advertising and communications fellow. A Georgia indigenous, she scientific checks journalism with a emphasis on gender experiments and normal public protection in Texas. Sloan has labored at McCombs Journal as an editorial intern, The Zebra as a social media intern and a wide range of pupil publications these sorts of as The Day by day Texan, Afterglow and Moody Journal.

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Andrew Zhang, a junior on the School of Texas at Austin, is a Washington, D.C., reporting fellow. He’s returning to the Tribune simply after functioning earlier tumble as an engagement fellow, a task during which he wrote a assortment of newsletters and programmed social info. Simply earlier than the Tribune, Andrew was an editor and reporter at The Each day Texan.

Disclosure: Northwestern School – Medill College of Journalism, Politico, New York Moments and School of Texas at Austin have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan information group that’s funded in aspect by donations from associates, foundations and firm sponsors. Financial supporters take pleasure in no objective within the Tribune’s journalism. Find a whole listing of them right here.