Two rising journalists join major DC newspaper's breaking news team
General Assignment desk welcomes fresh talent to cover breaking-news and quick-turn stories. One of the new reporters brings experience from west-coast journalism including coverage of protests and urban stories
The General Assignment desk got bigger this fall with two new-comers ready to tackle breaking-news coverage Keith McMillian and Gina Harkins announced today; the team welcomes Angie Orellana Hernandez and Gaya Gupta as their newest reporters
Orellana Hernandez brings fresh west-coast perspective from her time at the L.A Times (where she worked as a reporting fellow) Her coverage included city-beat stories and quick-turn articles: she dug into campus unrest at USC wrote about a well-known bakerys unexpected shutdown and even found time to profile the operator of the citys last adult theater
Before joining the Times Orellana Hernandez built up her news-gathering skills through various media roles:
- E! News writer
- USA Today intern
- CNN contributor
- TV station reporter in Sacramento
The new-hires will focus on breaking-news coverage and fast-paced enterprise stories that need quick turn-around — making them key additions to the papers round-the-clock news team
