(The White House, January 2022)
(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Read and watch my work from Washington and Colombia below.
Hi, I’m Austin.
I’m a video & text journalist covering migration and Latin America from Colombia, after closely watching the United States' evolving immigration policy for the last several years in Washington, D.C. I spent five years in D.C. covering national politics, most recently as the White House reporter for Spectrum News, where I founded the company’s first-ever membership in the White House press pool and briefing room.
I speak Spanish, and I am passionate about revealing the human impact of politics and policy. From Colombia, I am available for video packages, live hits and analysis, audio and text stories. My core background is in broadcast, and I also wrote daily news & enterprise text stories for Spectrum’s digital platforms over the last 2.5 years.
Recent work from Colombia
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One translator worked for the U.S. for nine years. The Taliban threatened to kill him for it. But it took him three years to get a U.S. visa through the bogged-down program designed to bring he and other allies to safety.
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The same inflationary pressures pinching consumers nationwide are also echoing throughout the building industry – and are cutting into the value of federal infrastructure dollars.
Airlifted during U.S. evacuation, thousands of Afghans wait in limbo in UAE: 'We can't give them a clear answer'
'They want to be safe': One year into Ukraine war, early U.S. arrivals face expiring status
As thousands of Afghan evacuees wait in legal limbo, new bill designed to help faces uphill battle
Interpreters risked their lives to serve the U.S. military. But the U.S. hasn't fulfilled its promise to bring them to safety.
A $1.75 billion investment tucked away in the bipartisan infrastructure law aims to bridge the accessibility gap through a new grant program for the more than 920 stations around the country — or 20% of all stations— that don’t meet ADA standards, according to the Department of Transportation.
A U.S. promise out of reach: A year since Kabul's fall, thousands of Afghan allies wait in hiding
Despite Biden officials' message, Trump's vaccine plan was underway
State to state, inflation takes a bite out of $1.2T infrastructure law's value
First lady has parallel mission on pivotal overseas trip for Biden
WH coordinator for Afghan refugees connects key players for the work ahead
In Orlando, VP Harris calls out Florida leaders for 15-week abortion ban
“He certainly has a PhD in the process,” said Jeffrey Peck, who served as general counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee under Biden’s leadership from 1987 to 1992.
As President Biden prepares to nominate his first Supreme Court justice, Spectrum News spoke to former advisers who say they expect him to approach the process of replacing Justice Stephen Breyer the way he did back then: by thoroughly reading material and in coordination with senators from both parties, bringing with him both tough lessons and core advisers from his days as chairman.
A Washington tradition resumed this year when former president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama return to the White House for the unveiling of their official portraits.
The decades-old custom — hosted by the current president to recognize his predecessor — was delayed for the Obamas, after former president Donald Trump neglected to invite them back to reveal their portraits.
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