Pablo Arauz Peña
Growth and Infrastructure ReporterPablo Arauz Peña is the Growth and Infrastructure Reporter for KERA News.
As a tech-savvy journalist, he has a range of concrete experiences in broadcast, digital and print newsrooms.
Pablo got his start in public media as a KERA news intern in 2014. Since then, his journalism has taken him to Hollywood and Alaska — and back. After graduating from The University of Texas at Arlington in 2018, he covered celebrity news and red carpet events for The Associated Press in Los Angeles as an entertainment reporter intern. He also worked throughout Southern California as a freelance news producer for NPR member station KCRW.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pablo spent more than a year in Alaska where he covered education, local government and Indigenous communities for KTOO Public Media, the NPR member station in Juneau. He won an award for a historical piece on the parallels between the recent pandemic to the 1918 influenza pandemic and its impact on Indigenous communities.
Now after making his way back to KERA, Pablo aims to deliver the highest quality journalism to his home community with a passion for local news and proven talent that has made his career.
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Regional Transportation Council Director Michael Morris called it a "great day" for North Texas. -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit leaders approved a new funding and governance model that restructures the agency in an effort to stave off withdrawal elections. -
Plano leaders are reviewing a proposal from DART ahead of the scheduled May withdrawal election. -
The Dallas chapter of Community Movement Builders installed their own street light in a video that went viral. -
A Dallas committee weighed in on suburbs' DART withdrawal elections and voted to give direction to the city manager to negotiate with the agency and member cities. -
Transit-oriented developments encourage density and walkability – and they’re popping up across DART’s system. -
A new study finds that more new units are available in the region but they're unaffordable for low-income families. -
If cities vote to leave DART, service could end at more than a dozen rail stations and bus stops. -
University Park is the fifth DART member city to call an election to possibly withdraw from public transit. -
DART elections in the suburbs will impact the future of public transit in North Texas. -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit's recently appointed board chair Randall Bryant sat down with KERA as four cities prepare to vote whether to leave the agency.
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The DART board this week reviewed potential service changes if four member cities leave the agency.
