Fellows & Editors
Krista Kapralos
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2007
- Affiliation:
- The Herald, Everett, WA
- Country:
- Venezuela
- Year:
- 2007
Krista J. Kapralos is a reporter at The Herald in Everett, WA, where she has worked since 2005. She covers American Indian tribes and minority issues, including tribal politics and local refugee communities. She also writes about religion. Prior to her time in Everett, Kapralos covered minority issues at the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, NY. Her beat included refugees, immigrants and American Indian tribes. She has reported from Bosnia on that country’s rebirth and its impact on Bosnian refugees in the United States. Kapralos has also written about crime, poverty and city government issues. Kapralos holds a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, and has taught in India, the United States, and informally in other countries. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Biblical studies, and earned an M.A. in journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Stories
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Chávez Creates Divide Among Evangelicals
Photo by Krista Kapralos About 8,000 Venezuelan Christians marched in downtown Caracas on Oct. 12 in the city's annual "Jesus March." As a Dec. 2 vote on a re-write of the country's constution nears, Venezuelan...
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Coal mine mixed blessing for Indians
Photo by Krista Kapralos Prosendo Fernandez stands in front of a mud hut fortified with plastic tarps from the mine's dump. SIERRA MAESTRA, Venezuela -- Five years ago, students at the Jesus...
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