Kathryn Styer
Kathryn Styer Martínez is a multimedia journalist. Her reporting focuses on Latino communities, economic equity and solutions to social problems. She is currently a production assistant with the award winning radio show and podcast, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. She was the 2020-2021 Toni Randolph Reporting fellow at Minnesota Public Radio News, the 2019-2020 New Economy Reporting Project fellow and the former director of KGCP-LPFM, Peralta Community Radio in Oakland, California. She is a freelance photojournalist, reporter and broadcast journalist. Her work has appeared in El Tecolote, The Oaklandside, MPR News, National Public Radio, Outside Online, Talk Poverty, New Life Quarterly and Making Contact.
EDUCATION
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, M.J. class of 2023
San Francisco State University,
B.A. Political Science, B.A. Raza Studies
EMPLOYERS
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Production Assistant, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
AWARDS & HONORS
2022 Jim Marshall Photojournalism Fellowship.
2022 Ñ Award Finalist, Photojournalism.
2021 Shirley & Dennis Feldman Fellowship Runner-up. National Press Club.
2021 Midwest Broadcast Journalists Sevareid Award of Merit for Audio
Latino Well-Being Reporting Fellow, co-sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and Graduate School of Journalism, 2021-2022
Toni Randolph Reporting Fellow, Minnesota Public Radio News, 2020-2021
New Economy Reporting Project Fellow, New Economy Coalition and Solutions Journalism Network, 2019-2020
PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK
MPR News, 10 Jun 2021. ‘One has to dream big': Mentors, family, grit help light a teen’s future
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/06/10/one-has-to-dream-big-mentors-family-grit-help-light-a-teens-future
Fellowship capstone: ¡Adelante Minnesota! https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/01/13/adelante-minnesota
MPR News, 2 Nov 2020.
ChangeMakers: Indigenous Minnesotans making historyhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/30/changemakers-indigenous-minnesotans-making-history
MPR News, 13 Oct 2020. Easy online voter registration? Not for many of Minnesota’s new citizens
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/13/easy-online-voter-registration-not-for-many-of-minnesotas-new-citizens
MPR News, 11 Sep 2020. ‘I have a great responsibility’: Connecting with ancestors through Aztec dance
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/09/11/i-have-a-great-responsibility-connecting-with-ancestors-through-aztec-dance
MPR News, 12 Aug 2020. In Minnesota, many Black women entrepreneurs missed out on PPP dollars
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/08/12/in-minnesota-many-black-women-entrepreneurs-missed-out-on-ppp-dollars
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
National Press Club
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Ida B. Wells Society
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Association of Independents in Radio
Radio Television Digital News Association
Women's Audio Mission
National Press Photographers Association
REPORTING INTERESTS
Indigenous Communities, Informal economies, Latino communities, Supply Chains, economic equity, mutual aid, solutions journalism