Lina Ruiz will join the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to cover early childhood. She will begin on July 10. She wrote on Twitter:
“I’m thrilled to take this next step in my career while joining a superb newsroom. I’ll see you soon, North Texas!”
Recently, she was a watchdog reporter at TCPalm, where she has covered government, development, transportation, environment and other topics. Previously, she interned at the Orlando Sentinel and CBS station WKMG-TV Ch. 6 in Orlando.
Ruiz obtained her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida, where she worked at The Independent Florida Alligator student newspaper in various roles, including digital managing editor.
Be sure to congratulate Ruiz on Twitter.