Jaclyn Diaz
Jaclyn Diaz is a reporter on Newshub.
She frequently covers breaking news and major events for NPR's digital desk. She traveled to China to cover the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (which involved staying in a strict COVID-19-safe bubble) and Israel to cover the attacks of Oct. 7 and the war's impact on Palestinians and Israelis.
She also regularly covers criminal justice issues, with a special focus on our nation's prisons and jails.
During the summer of 2023, she spent a few months on the Washington Desk to help cover the Justice Department during one of the busiest summers for the agency — when former President Donald Trump faced multiple criminal indictments.
Before coming to NPR in 2020, she was a reporter for Bloomberg Law, covering labor issues, and for The Norwich Bulletin, covering the small communities of Eastern Connecticut.
While she's at home in Maryland with her husband and cuddling with her dog, Duncan, you can read her stories online and occasionally hear her on Morning Edition, Up First or All Things Considered where she discusses things like why there's an uptick in human and owl confrontations. [Copyright 2024 NPR]
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The legislation was criticized by Democrats and voting rights advocates as "voter suppression." Republicans view it as "sensible election integrity legislation." -
In a news conference Friday, Keisha Lance Bottoms elaborated on her decision not to run, citing the challenges of the pandemic, the racial justice protests and a major cyberattack. -
Twitter released a new feature that detects potentially offensive replies on its service and asks users to review a message before sending. -
More than a year into telework, the tech giant has said about 60% of its employees will work remotely two days a week. Twenty percent will work from home permanently. -
Cellphone users from the U.S. border with Canada south to the border with Mexico should receive a mobile alert from the early warning system when an earthquake is detected. -
The subway train derailment occurred on Line 12 at Olivos Station in Mexico City. Photos from the scene show two train cars dangling precariously from the elevated track. -
Emergency responders found a "severely overcrowded" boat early Sunday that had crashed into a reef off the shoreline. Officials believe it was a "smuggling vessel." -
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the measure live on Fox News. It's the latest Republican-led effort to alter state voting rules following record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election. -
Mario Gonzalez, 26, died in police custody on April 19. Body camera footage showed police pinning him to the ground for several minutes. -
The city released body camera footage showing the police encounter with Mario Gonzalez. He died after being pinned to the ground.
