Gabriela Martínez | WITF
Gabriela Martínez is a Report for America corps member covering race and identity in central Pennsylvania with a focus on the region’s growing Latino community. She is interested in grassroots political movements and covering the discussions happening in underrepresented communities of color.
Previously, she worked as an associate producer at Kentucky Educational Television (KET) producing stories on the commonwealth’s diverse regions and contributing to state legislature coverage. She also worked as a news assistant at the PBS NewsHour, interned at WAMU 88.5, and was a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Russia. Gabriela holds a master’s degree in multiplatform journalism from the University of Maryland.
Gabriela was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She is fluent in Spanish, English and Russian.
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The Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority, which is looking into restoring passenger rail service between Reading and Philadelphia, is planning the next step of the project. WITF’s Gabriela Martinez reports, they’re asking the federal government for funding.
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A report from the office of Democratic Sen. Art Haywood shows Black Pennsylvanians have improved socioeconomically in the last decade.
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A school district in York County that made headlines for banning a list of anti-racism resources is under fire again for removing two books from the high school library.
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A coalition immigration advocates say they are collaborating with the hospital that a week ago, tried to forcibly repatriate an undocumented Dominican woman in a coma.
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A coalition of Pennsylvania immigrants’ rights groups is bringing attention to the case of an undocumented woman who is in a coma at Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Cedar Crest Hospital.
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One of the main immigrant advocacy organizations in Pennsylvania is opening a new education and employment center in York. WITF’s Gabriela Martinez reports, it hopes to expand some of its existing programs.
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A pair of Susquehanna River islands near Harrisburg’s Harvey Taylor Bridge have a new owner: the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. WITF’s Gabriela Martinez reports, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants to ensure the wildlife and flora on the islands are protected.
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The State Museum of Pennsylvania has the remains of 908 Native Americans that have not been returned to their tribes, a new investigation from ProPublica revealed. WITF’s Gabriela Martinez reports.
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A Berks County immigration detention facility is closing down on Jan. 31 after the federal government ended its contract with the county. WITF’s Gabriela Martinez reports, the last prisoner was released on Jan. 10.
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Transgender students often find themselves the targets of bullying. But in the past year, elected leaders focused on them more and more by calling for or passing school policies that further stigmatize LGBTQ students.