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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Members of the House Transportation Committee held a first hearing over a controversial bill to cut DART's funding by 25%. -
Anthony Ricciardelli, Plano's new representative on the DART board, said he wants what's best for DART, Plano and the region. "I don't think those are mutually exclusive." -
Transportation leaders in North Texas say they'll "continue the conversation" with private partners over a proposed bullet train between Dallas and Houston. -
Advocates in Texas say there's some movement on legislation to improve rail projects in the state. -
DART and the Urban Land Institute hosted the inaugural Transit Oriented Development Summit this week. -
Starting May 7, airport security will ask U.S. travelers for a Real ID. -
The Dallas Area Transit Alliance held a press conference on Monday to speak out in opposition to bills that would cut DART's funding. -
The National Low Income Housing Coalition says the Dallas area has less affordable housing for low-income renters than most U.S. cities. -
Plano appointed outgoing city council member Anthony Ricciardelli to represent the city on the DART board. He replaces Paul Wageman, who led calls to cut DART's funding and received public criticism over his ties to Uber. -
The Regional Transportation Council voted unanimously to initiate mediation talks between DART and member cities. -
The new bill filed by North Texas state Sen. Tan Parker would give each DART member city a representative. -
The city is updating its bike plan for the first time in years, but cycling advocates say Dallas needs to kick the work into a higher gear.
