Racial Justice Fellows, 2005-2006

Pauline Arrillaga
National Writer
Associated Press

Pauline Arrillaga is a national writer for The Associated Press. Since joining the AP in 1992, she has covered politics, the space program and Texas' death row, later focusing her attention on border-related issues such as immigration, drug trafficking and the growing influence of Hispanic migrants in America. As a national writer, Arrillaga parachutes in to major news events to find the human stories behind the news, and also works to develop long-term narrative pieces. In 2002, Arrillaga was awarded the Associated Press Managing Editors' feature writing prize for a three-part narrative about a Phoenix police officer whose face was severely burned and his quest to recover. In 2005, she won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in local reporting for a serial narrative examining the widespread smuggling of humans into the country. Arrillaga, 34, graduated with honors from The University of North Texas with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

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