Congratulations to Central Piedmont alumna Patsy Montesinos who was recently selected as one of five young journalists from over 150 candidates to participate in the ProPublica Emerging Reporters program. The ProPublica Emerging Reporters program intends to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be economically out of reach.

ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom’s program in its fifth year, recently afforded Patsy the opportunity to network and learn from reporters in newsrooms at The New York Times, Buzzfeed, WNYC and ProPublica over the course of three days.

Originally encouraged to consider UNC-Chapel Hill by Carolina alumna Amanda Capobianchi, Ph.D., associate dean for Student Life, Montesinos began attending UNC as a Covenant Scholar in the fall of 2018.

Currently, a UNC Hussman broadcast and video student, Patsy is thriving will also have the opportunity to attend the 2020 NICAR Conference devoted to data journalism this March in New Orleans.

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