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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Police are warning their communities that a new TikTok challenge is taking off and causing harm in the process. -
Two skaters from the Russian Olympic Committee took the top two spots at the women's program at the Beijing Olympics. Kamila Valieva, who has been at the center of a scandal, took fourth place. -
With Kamila Valieva seizing the top spot, 25 skaters advance to the next segment. Normally, only the top 24 move on from the short program. But these Games aren't normal. -
The International Olympic Committee says it will abide by a decision that 15-year-old Kamila Valieva be allowed to skate in Beijing but if she wins "no medal ceremony will take place." -
If nations don't address high greenhouse gas emissions, by the 2080s, all but one of the 21 cities that previously hosted the Winter Games wouldn't be able to do so again, a new study has found. -
The company behind the once ubiquitous phones has transitioned to a security software focus and says that starting on Tuesday, its classic devices will no longer reliably function.
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On Monday, Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul was the target of a rocket attack, capping off a tense weekend in Afghanistan. -
The World Weather Attribution initiative has issued a report that said July's historic flooding in Europe is more likely to happen today due to global warming. -
The rapidly expanding storm struck Western Cuba and is expected to hit Louisiana on Sunday as a major hurricane. -
When Ben Jackson couldn't get to his beloved aunt's funeral, he wanted to offer a unique tribute — and he knew what to ewes.
