Arelis Hernández

Arelis Hernández (AR-el-ees HER-nahn-dez) is a national reporter for the Washington Post covering Texas and the border.

She has been a member of award-winning teams covering the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, the tragedy of mass killings and natural disasters across the hemisphere since 2014.

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2022-23 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

Reporter 'It started in the fourth grade building'

Winner of the 2022-23 Third Coast/RHDF Competition Best News Feature Award, selected by Final Round Judges Katherine Nagasawa, Habiba Nosheen, and Richard Yeh.