Miranda Suarez | KERA News

Miranda Suarez

Miranda Suarez is KERA’s Fort Worth reporter.

Before coming to North Texas, she was the Lee Ester News Fellow at Wisconsin Public Radio, where she covered statewide general assignment news, including election security and politics, as well as local police and military issues in the city of Madison.

Originally from Massachusetts, Miranda started her journalism career at WTBU, Boston University’s student radio station. Her first public radio jobs were at WBUR, where she was a newscast intern and later a fellow on the business desk. During an internship at Boston 25 News, she conducted an investigation into mental health counseling services at Massachusetts colleges and universities that was nominated for a 2019 New England Emmy.

Miranda is always looking for stories of the weird and wonderful — whether it’s following a robot around a grocery store or sampling cheeses at a Wisconsin cheese contest. Outside of journalism, she loves reading, road trips and Dungeons & Dragons.

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Police Confront Hundreds Of Protesters On Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge In Dallas

By , , & • Jun 2, 2020
Police shot gas a kneeling protestors on the Hunt Hill Bridge Monday.
Hady Mawajdeh / KERA News

Protests continued around North Texas for a fourth day Monday, with one in Dallas resulting in police firing smoke bombs at a crowd on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. 

Hugh Parmer, Former Fort Worth Mayor, State Legislator And Humanitarian, Has Died

By • May 28, 2020
Hugh Parmer speaks at a press conference.
Ann Heisenfelt / AP Photo

Hugh Parmer, who led Fort Worth from 1977 to 1979 and served in both houses of the state legislature, has died. He was 80.

With Increased Demand For Food Help, Fort Worth Organizations Bring It To People's Doors

By • May 28, 2020
Eric Gay / The Associated Press

More North Texans are struggling with hunger at a time when it’s harder to leave the house than ever — so some local organizations are delivering food to people who need it.

Texas Bars Reopen At Limited Capacity

By • May 22, 2020
David J. Phillip / Associated Press

Bars in Texas can reopen at 25% capacity Friday as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s phased plan to end COVID-19 shutdowns.

Potential Homebuyers Look Online For Help With First Steps

By • May 22, 2020
A red brick house stands with a sign that says "AVAILABLE" out front.
Donna McWilliam / Associated Press

Some people are still looking to buy houses during the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying economic slump. So, a Fort Worth-based nonprofit is helping out with virtual classes.

COVID-Related Inflammatory Syndrome Shows Up In 4 Kids, Fort Worth Hospital Says

By • May 19, 2020
An electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Associated Press

Doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth are treating what’s considered a COVID-19-related inflammatory disease in children and adolescents.

Report: Tarrant County Social Distancing Measures Have Slowed COVID-19 Spread

By • May 16, 2020
Coronavirus under microscope
National Institutes of Health / Via Associated Press

New research shows social distancing measures taken in Tarrant County appear to be working, but it will be a few weeks before researchers know whether the curve is going to stay flat as the state reopens.