Paola Rodriguez

Paola Rodriguez (she/her/ella) has joined Arizona Public Media as a general assignment reporter. She specializes in stories that cover race, justice and equity. She is a recent graduate from the Missouri School of Journalism, where she studied convergence journalism with an emphasis in multimedia production. She has previously reported for NBC affiliate KOMU 8 News, the Columbia Missourian and St. Louis Public Radio. During her time in St. Louis, she won a national PMJA award for a feature story about a debt relief program meant to rectify decades of systemic discrimination against Black farmers.