Lia Portillo is a recent graduate of Northwestern State University of Louisiana. She has interned at news stations in New Orleans, such as Telemundo 42 New Orleans and WDSU 6 News. As a student journalist, she worked for her student newspaper, The Current Sauce, throughout her college career, starting as a features reporter. In her junior and senior years, she led the newspaper as editor-in-chief.
Beat: Hispanic Communities in East Texas Reporter
Harrison County and the wider East Texas region has a large Hispanic population that is historically underserved by legacy media groups. This position will work to build relationships within the Hispanic and Latino communities in the region while focusing on news and feature stories of concern and interest to, and stories coming from within, the Hispanic community.