Elizabeth Myong | Arts Access
Arts Collaborative Reporter / ProducerElizabeth Myong is KERA’s Arts Collaborative Reporter/Producer. She came to KERA from New York, where she worked as a CNBC fellow covering breaking news and politics. Before that, she freelanced as a features reporter for the Houston Chronicle and a modern arts reporter for Houstonia Magazine.
Elizabeth won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and Texas Broadcast News award for her coverage of Asian American communities.
A North Texas native, she was first introduced to journalism as a high schooler through The Dallas Morning News’ Student Voice program. She’s a proud graduate of Rice University where she wrote for the school’s newspaper The Thresher. Her bylines have also appeared in Yahoo! Finance, Associated Press and Eater NY.
She was a part of Poynter's Power of Diverse Voices cohort in 2021 and completed the AAJA/Google News Initiative Digital Reporting Intensive in 2022.
If you’d like to connect with Elizabeth, follow her on Twitter @elizabeth_myong.
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Alejandra Zendejas and Jesse Acosta launched Pasos for Oak Cliff in 2020 as a way to give sneakers to students in their community. -
Dallas artists, arts leaders discussed concerns over grant funding due to DEI changes in a public meeting on Tuesday. -
The city’s plans to drop programs related to DEI mean the future of programs specifically focused on funding diverse and equitable arts and culture is uncertain. -
The local icon carried his keyboard around the neighborhood and was known to jump onstage to play at shows at bars and clubs. -
The exhibition features the Ukrainian folk art painting tradition of petrykivka while the documentary shows a dancer living through drone strikes in the city of Kherson. -
North Texans don’t need experience or a guitar to join classes at the Deep Ellum Community Center. -
The African American Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art and Irving Arts Center are some of the places North Texans can visit for free. -
Lail Hossain designed a gold-and-white wooden arch with a verse of the Quran, the Ayatul Kursi. -
The style of bharatanatyam will be performed on July 19 and 20 in two arangetrams, public debut performances. -
On Wednesday, the town of Jacksboro was featured again in Sheridan’s Paramount+ show about the West Texas oil industry. -
The annual classes are inspired by the historic 1960s schools from the Civil Rights Movement. -
Ross will take over the role from Dr. Harry Robinson Jr., who held the position for more than 50 years.
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The Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest will host its sixth competition as the need for mental health care continues to rise. -
The pandemic disrupted our traditions, but also helped redefine what it means to preserve them. -
New music director Fabio Luisi sat down for an interview to share what he hopes to do in his new role.
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‘Erased From The History Books’: Why Asian American History Is Missing In Texas SchoolsFrom educators to textbook advisors, experts say state standards, teaching approaches, textbooks and politics all contribute to the erasure of Asian American experiences when history is taught in Texas schools.
