Isa Luzarraga is an award-winning journalist and writer originally from Omaha, Nebraska. She is currently NPR Midwest Newsroom's audience contractor. 

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Throughout her five years in journalism, she has been published in outlets nationwide including the Boston Globe, Business Insider, the Kansas City Star and NPR, among others.

 

Isa has interned at a range of news media organizations, including a bilingual newsweekly, a public media collaboration across four different states, one of the largest regional papers in the country and a high-end fashion magazine.​ 

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In December 2024, she will graduate from Emerson College as a part of their honors program, with her Bachelor of Science in Journalism and a minor in media studies.​

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Isa's specific interests and skills in journalism include: engaging underrepresented communities within a publication's readership, longform writing with an investigative slant, developing audience strategies and reporting in both English and Spanish.​​​