Alecia Taylor covers education for the Prince William Times. Her journalism journey began in high school as a host on Kansas City’s Hot 103 Jamz radio show, Generation Rap. Since then, Taylor has reported on local government at the Kansas City Star. She’s also interned at The Miami Herald, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Baltimore Sun, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In 2023, she was named the White House Correspondents’ Harry S. McAlpin Scholar. Taylor is passionate about closing the media gap in news deserts and amplifying underrepresented Black and brown voices. When she isn’t writing, she’s reading a sappy romance book.
Beat: Education beat reporter
The Prince William County education beat reporter covers a major school district with 90,000 children, including 70 percent children of color and 31 percent economically disadvantaged students. The reporter will write daily and enterprise stories and help grow our coverage of diverse communities. Our goal over the next two years is to reorient our coverage to connect more deeply and authentically with our many ethnic communities. The education beat is a key part of that strategy.