About
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. For two years, she was the Managing Editor of Your Magazine, Emerson College's largest lifestyle publication as well as a nationally-recognized, award-winning magazine.
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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She graduated from Emerson College as a part of their honors program, with her Bachelor of Science in Journalism and a minor in media studies in December 2024.​
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Isa's specific interests and skills in journalism include: engaging underrepresented communities within a publication's readership, longform feature writing, developing audience strategies and reporting in both English and Spanish.​​​

Press
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Latino News Network, Hortencia Zavala Foundation Announces Summer Intern in Partnership with LNN and Midwest Newsroom, 2024
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The Reader, The Reader is a Finalist for Five National Journalism Awards, 2023
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Instagram, Emerson College, School of Communication Takeover, 2022
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Nebraska High School Press Association, 2021 Student Journalist of the Year, 2021
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Girls in Journalism, "We're Not Okay" Podcast Creators, 2021
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The Reader, Omaha Girls Rock, V. 2.0, 2012