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Jazmine Ulloa

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Austin, Texas, 78704

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EXPERIENCE

Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas

Courts reporter, November 2011-Present

Cover county, state and federal courts in the Texas capital. Write breaking news, enterprise and investigative stories, shoot video and take photographs. First to report on the death of an accused heroin trafficking ringleader less than a week before his scheduled trial date. Broke story on efforts to create a local shelter for sex trafficking survivors. Wrote series on neighborhood efforts to eradicate the most notorious open drug market in the city. Exposed how the most dangerous Mexican drug lord in the world is not on the FBI s most wanted list.

San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas

Night crime reporter, January 2011-November 2011

Covered crime and breaking news. Responsible for monitoring police, fire and county scanners on deadline. Covered a two-alarm blaze that killed a 6-year-old boy and displaced 70 people, posting breaking reports online all night. Wrote about an inmate who intentionally burned a house down so that he could go back to prison for a broader story on recidivism rates. Traveled to Mexico City and the U.S.-Mexico border for a project examining the effect of the Mexican government s decision to extradite drug cartel leaders to the United States.

The Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Texas

General assignment reporter, September 2009-December 2010

Covered crime, courts, immigration and education in this border city at the southern tip of Texas. First to report that border residents were accusing the U.S. State Department of detaining them for hours at international points of entry because of a birth certificate dispute. Exposed the move by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport parents with chronically sick children, despite guidelines granting them exemptions. Covered the flight of Mexican citizens to Texas to escape the violent drug war back home. Filled in as night city editor on occasion.

Texas Monthly Magazine, The Texas Observer, Texas Co-op Power Magazine, San Antonio Magazine

Freelancer, September 2009-Present

Frequent contributor to several monthly publications. Wrote a 2,500-word article on Mexican-Americans detained for hours at U. S. ports of entry because of a dispute over citizenship; a 2,200-word profile on a sheriff deputy whose husband was fatally shot in an ambush; and a 2,000-word feature story on stellar young chess players from one of the poorest regions in Texas.

Internships: The Boston Globe (summer 2009), Texas Monthly (spring 2009),

Austin American-Statesman (fall 2008), The Brownsville Herald (summer 2008)

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Austin

Graduated May 2009

Bachelor of Arts in journalism

Study Abroad: London (summer 2007) and Prague (summer 2006); created Abroadly Speaking, a magazine to boost diversity in UT study-abroad programs (2005-2009)

LANGUAGES AND SKILLS

Fluent in Spanish; basic Portuguese; Excel; Final Cut Pro; InDesign; Illustrator; Photoshop

ACHIEVEMENTS

Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America 2011 Fellow, national award

Scripps Howard Foundation 2008 Top Ten College Journalists, national award

Texas Associated Press Managing Editors 2008 Buster Haas Scholarship

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