Alejandra Martinez
Report For America Corps MemberAlejandra Martinez is a reporter for KERA and The Texas Newsroom through Report for America (RFA). She's covering the impact of COVID-19 and its associated economic fallout on marginalized communities.
Before joining KERA, Ale was a producer at WLRN, South Florida’s NPR station where she covered immigration, marginalized communities, and the local arts scene. She would book, write, and produce stories for and the station’s daily talk show, “Sundial,” and she was part of Public Radio International’s (PRI) “Every 30 Seconds” election project, a collaborative public media reporting project tracing the young Latino electorate leading up to the 2020 presidential election and beyond.
Alejandra is no stranger to Texas. A native Texan, she began her broadcast career working with KUT, Austin’s NPR station, first as an intern and later a producer. Ale participated in NPR’s Next-Generation Radio project, a week-long journalism boot camp, where she covered Houston’s recovery post-Hurricane Harvey in 2018.
She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism in 2017.
If you’d like to connect with Ale or simply see what she’s reading about, listening to or covering follow her on Twitter — @_martinez_ale.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the state Department of Public Safety to help the city tackle the surge in homicides, but community leaders say "over-policing" is not the way. -
Dallas city officials are encouraging residents to exercise caution, take the virus seriously, and rethink how they celebrate Thanksgiving this year.
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At the governor's request, the Texas Department of Public Safety is sending resources, including special agents, state troopers, other personnel, and some helicopters and planes.
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The Dallas City Council has approved $500,000 to study how widely spread the coronavirus is in North Texas and why some communities are harder-hit than others.
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Latino leaders gathered to discuss their top political priorities going into the Joe Biden administration.
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Dallas’ School Board of Trustees met on Thursday to reveal new numbers that show how the pandemic has impacted Dallas public school children from kindergarten through 12th grade.
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On Sunday, Nov. 1, people took part in a Day of the Dead march in Dallas to honor the lives lost to COVID-19. The Mexican tradition is well-known for its colorful imagery, but this year, politics also played a significant role.
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Political groups are getting creative by using the internet, particularly social media, to engage with younger voters — and their tactics are working.
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McCowan, the first Black woman elected to public office in the city, died Wednesday after battling lung cancer.
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The Dallas Latina empowerment organization called "Hey Chica!" is hosting events across Dallas County to encourage Latinas to cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election.
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Chuck Rocha, former senior adviser for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign, shares recommendations for what future political campaigns do when engaging Latino voters.
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The company is facing high scrutiny after Stan Richards called a proposed ad for Motel 6 "too Black” for the hotel chain's “white supremacist constituents.”
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For many young Latinx girls, their 15th birthday is special. Their families plan their Quinceañera celebration for months, sometimes years, but this year, the pandemic wiped out many of those dreams.
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Community activists are demanding the city allocate more funding to parks, libraries and cultural centers — services that have already suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Calderón and her husband decided to self-publish a bilingual children’s book called, Behind My Mask or Detrás de Mi Cubrebocas.
