Miranda Suarez
Host, NTX NowMiranda Suarez is an award-winning reporter who started at KERA News in 2020. Before joining “NTX Now,” she covered Tarrant County government, with a focus on deaths in the local jail. Her work drives discussion at local government meetings and has led to real-world change — like the closure of a West Texas private prison that violated the state’s safety standards. A Massachusetts native, Miranda got her start in journalism at WTBU, Boston University’s student radio station. She later worked at WBUR as a business desk fellow, and while reporting for Boston 25 News, she received a New England Emmy nomination for her investigation into mental‑health counseling services at Massachusetts colleges and universities.
Outside the newsroom, Miranda is a lover of road trips, fantasy novels, crocheting, karaoke, and pro wrestling. She collects quirky vintage salt‑and‑pepper shakers (including a prized JFK and Jackie set) and shares her southwest Fort Worth home with two cats, Franny and Rio.
As a co-host of “NTX Now,” Miranda hopes her work provides listeners with a deeper sense of belonging and a clearer understanding of the community they share. She wants people to walk away from each episode feeling more connected — to their neighborhoods, to the North Texas region, and to one another.
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Twenty-five young girls and two teenage counselors at Camp Mystic were killed in catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River over the 4th of July weekend last year. Some survivors want to return, while the families of those who lost their lives fight to shut the camp down for good. -
San Antonio businessman Frank Liberto created the iconic gametime snack 50 years ago. The first ballpark to sell them was Arlington Stadium, the former home of the Texas Rangers. -
Texas Monthly is exploring the sometimes "humiliating" ways Democrats are trying to win back men ages 18 to 29, a small voting bloc. -
TSA agents haven't had a full paycheck in more than a month, due to the partial government shutdown. Local union president Johnny Jones says his colleagues still have not recovered from the last government shutdown in 2025. -
The 2026 Texas Senate primary set a record for being the most expensive Senate primary in American history. Where did all that money come from? -
Parents can fight this effect by using screens to communicate with loved ones, or watching videos or shows side-by-side with their kids, SMU professor Sarah Kucker said. -
Both Democratic candidates for Texas' U.S. Senate seat sat down with KERA hosts to talk about their legislating styles and their belief in winning a blue seat for the state. -
"Our Man in Vietnam" displays photos Schieffer took while covering the Vietnam War as a correspondent for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 1965 to 1966. -
Fort Worth's Will Rogers Memorial Center is busy year-round with equestrian events, dance recitals and more. -
KERA News has identified another man who died after a Tarrant County jailer knelt on him. The federal government has cautioned against kneeling on handcuffed people. -
Anthony Johnson Jr. died after Tarrant County jailers pepper sprayed him, and one knelt on his back. His death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation. -
Tarrant County's Republican commissioners redrew the precinct map in their own favor this year, leading to two lawsuits accusing them of racial gerrymandering.
