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Producer @cbseveningnews plus. || Previously VICE, CNN, NBC, Telemundo, Al-Jazeera, Nightline.

NYC
Joined June 2009
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Turns out this was my last shoot, I was laid off from @ABC today. I got to produce at the White House with @MariaESalinas, an anchor I grew up watching. Truly a dream come true. Need a bilingual producer/shooter? DM me 🎥🫡
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Alright y’all. @ABCMireya is at the @ABC booth at the @NAHJ career fair. Come by and meet with her and the rest of our recruiting team 🎉 #NAHJ2023
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My top pick panel for today because I need to catch up with the youths. #NAHJ2023
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Roberto Ferrara shared that today @Google Bard has expanded to include 40 new languages, including Spanish. Google’s announcement here: goo.gle/3OddeZx
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Kicking off #NAHJ2023 with an incredible panel covering immigration and politics at the @ABC storytellers summit. @ABCMireya @GarciaReports @ABCscholz Renata Bozzetto from the @FLImmigrant & special guest, Blas Nuñez-Neto, @DHSgov head of Border and Immigration Policy.
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Blas: In recent years the reality at the border has shifted so much and immigration policy hasn’t caught up. Migration from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador was made up in large part by unaccompanied children. Then there was a family surge in 2016.
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I should not have to say this but wearing tactical gear while watching a ballot drop box could be considered voter intimidation. Don’t do it.
.@ElizLanders and I have been working on a full report for @VICENews that airs Sept. 16th.
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The most relevant panel for a political producer to attend this year— Covering Extremism in the Public Square and Election Misinformation with @PolitiFact’s @asharock @edokeefe and @TIAreports 📝 #NABJNAHJ22
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My first panel of the conference, a @60Minutes masterclass with @BillWhitakerCBS. #NABJNAHJ22
Headed to #NABJNAHJ22 🎉 so excited to see everyone! Que comience la fiesta ✨
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“The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.”
BREAKING: THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE AND ELIMINATED THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.
Today @January6thCmte is focusing on the pressure Trump put on @GaSecofState in a phone call to withhold GA votes, & state figures like AZ @RealMarkFinchem to promote claims of voter fraud. @ElizLanders & I reported on this 4 months ago on @VICENews ➡️ youtu.be/0Es_Glhirvk
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Statement from @NMSOSMaggie: “I am relieved that the Otero County Commission finally did the right thing and followed their duty under New Mexico law to certify the free and fair results of the 2022 Primary Election.” Full statement below. @VICENews – at Manhattan, NY
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For those watching Otero county in New Mexico, the county commission is holding an emergency hearing right now to vote on certifying the primary election results. I spoke with Cuoy Griffin before the hearing and he said he still planned on voting no. youtu.be/nnV-CAElSzI – at Manhattan, NY
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Commissioner Matherly has said “this isn’t about the 2020 election” and that he just wants a trustworthy election. Griffin told me wants ballots to be counted by hand & to have a forensic expert look at the voting machines to see if any of them possibly had a modem inside. – at Manhattan, NY
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Reupping our @VICENews report on police reform/defunding police given @KarenBassLA primary results ➡️ youtu.be/M-xpJoRbTjw. 2 years ago Bass tried to get national police reform passed but that failed. Since then Democrats have pivoted towards crime prevention. (thread) – at Brooklyn, NY
Congresswoman Karen Bass authored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in 2020, which eventually died. Two years later during her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles, she called for an expansion of the LAPD to address a spike in crime, which put her at odds with BLM activists
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We focused on the city of Baltimore as a case study of the movement. The DOJ has been monitoring the police department since the death of Freddie Gray. Even though residents complained about the police budget increasing, @CPProject410 found most residents want *more* police. – at Brooklyn, NY
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on the hill for a second day of confirmation hearings. @VICENews
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.@madbmay’s excellent report on election officials and how their lives have changed since the 2020 election airs tonight. – at Brooklyn, NY
“We’re coming after you and every motherfucker that stole this election with our Second Amendment.” Lies about voter fraud have inspired violent death threats against election officials across the country. We speak with those officials on #VICENewsTonight at 11PM on @VICETV.
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Am covering tonight’s Leon County school board meeting where they heard public comments on the new mask mandate for students in kindergarten-8th grade. Before the meeting, this young girl told us she thinks masks are stupid. @VICENews – at Tallahassee, FL
Texas @GovAbbott just announced a second special session will begin this Saturday at noon, with many of the same legislative items listed on the agenda. Bail reform, election integrity, critical race theory, social media censorship… gov.texas.gov/news/post/gove… – at Washington, DC
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Notable addition this time around: “STATE LEGISLATURE: Legislation relating to legislative quorum requirements.” Possibly in response to @TexasHDC fleeing the state the first time around and breaking quorum?
.@RepCori is still camped outside the Capitol hoping members of Congress will return to extend the eviction moratorium. She’s just announced she’s having a rally out here at midnight.
Adding “can boom while instagramming” to my resume. #txlege
Texas State Democrats have fled their state and are in Washington, DC to try and stop a restrictive voting rights bill from passing. But when will they return? @ElizLanders caught up with Rep. @jasminefor100 to find out.
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