Alejandra Martinez
Dallas Accountability ReporterAlejandra Martinez is a reporter for 四虎影院 and The Texas Newsroom through She's covering the impact of COVID-19 on underserved communities and the city of Dallas.
Within her first year at 四虎影院, Ale won a 2021 regional Edward R. Murrow award in continuing coverage for her reporting on Shingle Mountain, a monstrous 100-foot-tall pile of waste dumped in a community of color. Her work shed light on the effects of environmental racism in the southeast Dallas community of Floral Farms. She rigorously covered it for months, from protests about its existence to its removal.
Before joining 四虎影院, Ale was a producer at WLRN, South Florida鈥檚 NPR station where she covered , , and the . She would book, , and produce for and the station鈥檚 daily talk show, and she was part of election project, a collaborative public media reporting project tracing the young Latino electorate leading up to the 2020 presidential election and beyond.
Alejandra is no stranger to Texas. A native Texan, she began her broadcast career working with KUT, Austin鈥檚 NPR station, first as an intern and later a producer. Ale participated in NPR鈥檚 Next-Generation Radio project, a week-long journalism boot camp, where she covered
She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin鈥檚 School of Journalism in 2017.
If you鈥檇 like to connect with Ale or simply see what she鈥檚 reading about, listening to or covering follow her on Twitter 鈥� @alereports.
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More than a month ago, Dallas council members indicated that they would not support a state law preventing abortion services. What exactly that means is still a question mark. -
Dallas city council members will soon vote on a $4.5 billion city budget. City manager T.C. Broadnax's key proposals: Hire and retain more police officers. Lower property taxes. Focus on equity and environmental justice. -
The City of Dallas has tried to identify places or buildings with historical significance in the past. But the history of Black, Latino and Asian communities was often overlooked. -
Southern Dallas apartment complex residents grapple with bug infestations, faulty electrical outletsThe City of Dallas has launched an investigation into the Arterra Apartments in southern Dallas, where residents complain that they live with damaged floors and walls, dangerous electrical outlets and bug infestations. -
Dallas residents allege that the City of Dallas allowed Black and brown residential neighborhoods to be zoned next to industrial pollutants and are requesting a federal investigation. -
The City of Dallas is planning to lower its tax rate. Other North Texas cities also are looking to lessen the pain for homeowners who've seen their appraisals increase. -
Dallas residents will see higher water and trash pick-up fees if the city council approves the proposed $4.5 billion budget. -
Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax has unveiled a proposed $4.5 billion city budget. He wants to hire and retain more police officers, lower property taxes, and focus on equity and environmental justice. -
People in Dallas seeking an abortion could avoid a criminal record if the city council approves a resolution passed Tuesday. -
West Dallas residents say the fight to close an asphalt factory that pollutes their air is far from over, even though GAF has already promised to leave the community. -
Businesses in Deep Ellum, other entertainment districts, working with city officials to tackle crimeBusiness owners in Dallas entertainment districts are concerned about crime. This has prompted a local nonprofit to create a space where city leaders and business owners can work together to tackle the problem. -
West Dallas residents won a victory in their battle against industrial pollution this week. The GAF asphalt shingle factory has told residents it is leaving their neighborhood after more than 75 years of operation.
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For many young Latinx girls, their 15th birthday is special. Their families plan their Quincea帽era celebration for months, sometimes years, but this year, the pandemic wiped out many of those dreams.
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Community activists are demanding the city allocate more funding to parks, libraries and cultural centers 鈥� services that have already suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Calder贸n and her husband decided to self-publish a bilingual children鈥檚 book called, Behind My Mask or Detr谩s de Mi Cubrebocas.