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Herald-Republic hires two Report for America journalists

Santiago Ochoa

The following excerpt was sent out by the Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington state:

Two Report for America journalists will join the Yakima Herald-Republic and El Sol de Yakima newsrooms this summer, the organizations announced Tuesday.

Santiago Ochoa will cover health care in the Yakima Valley. He will graduate from the University of Michigan—Flint this spring with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. He is the Latinx reporter for Flint Beat, where he writes in English and Spanish. He also is the editor-in-chief of the Michigan Times, the newspaper for the Flint campus of the University of Michigan.

Jasper Sundeen

Jasper Sundeen will cover economic, education and social issues in the Latino community and the Lower Yakima Valley. He will graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, this spring with bachelor’s degrees in political economy and geography. He is the editor of the Daily Californian, where he previously served as sports editor.

They will start work in Yakima in early June. Their work will be published in the Yakima Herald-Republic and El Sol de Yakima, a Spanish-language news organization that’s part of the Herald-Republic.

Mariam Ahmed

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