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Sierra Lyons is a freelance journalist covering race, justice, politics and Christianity. Through reporting, she hopes to promote equity and justice as she often intersects her four points of coverage. She is a recent graduate of Florida A&M University where she served as the opinion editor for FAMU\u2019s newspaper, The Famuan<\/i>, and is also a former editorial intern for The American Prospect magazine. 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She is pursuing a major in electronic news journalism and a minor in political science pre-law. Her passion for journalism is driven by her love of truth, learning, and justice. She will be joining the WMFE 90.7 team as an intern in spring 2022. Previously, she was an intern at the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. 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She aims to uplift underrepresented communities through multimedia storytelling. In January 2022, she will be a communications and graphics intern with NASA. She is the former Managing Editor for NSM Today, the student-run media outlet at UCF, and has also worked with Lockheed Martin and the Council on Foreign Relations. 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He’s a freelance producer at WLRN, where he also recently completed an internship. Rodriguez was a collegiate baseball player and has experience in editing and mixing audio in his free time. When he’s not chasing stories, you can find him looking for records to sample at record shops in Miami. 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She is the editor-in-chief of Eagle News and a fellow at WGCU Public Media. Her goal is to be a political journalist and shine a spotlight on issues that affect everyday people. 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