Dani Matias
Morning Edition Producer/HostDani Matias is a producer and fill-in host for KUT's Morning Edition show. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor's degree in journalism. Previously, she's interned with the Daily Dot, KERA, the Texas Standard, WAMU, and NPR.
Dani is also an alumnus of the Chips Quinn Scholars Program for Diversity in Journalism and NPR's Next Generation Radio Project.
Dani is originally from Fort Worth, Texas. She speaks Spanish and her family is from Mexico City.
You can email her at dmatias@kut.org.
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Austin's medics ask the city for raises, citing 'unbearably difficult and dangerous' work conditionsMore employees have quit Austin's Emergency Medical Services now than at any other time in history. The staff exodus is on track to double the number of people who left in 2020 and 2021. -
Some schools and early voting polling sites are announcing delays Thursday morning due to wintry weather. The City of Austin plans to activate warming centers for unsheltered Austinites.
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"Every person has a role to play in supporting folks who are living outside," ECHO spokesperson Chris Davis said.
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Más de uno de cada 10 trabajadores y proveedores de atención médica experimentaron altos niveles de factores estresantes de índole personal y profesional durante la pandemia, de acuerdo a un nuevo estudio de UT Austin.
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More than one in 10 health care workers and providers experienced high levels of job-related and personal stressors during the pandemic, according to a new study from UT Austin.
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The district said it's sometimes not receiving food orders from suppliers. Meal service will continue, but the food options might change.
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Superintendent Tom Leonard said all students will be required to wear masks and those who don't comply will be separated from the rest.
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Funcionarios de salud dijeron creer que muchas de las personas que aún no se han vacunado podrían cambiar de opinión. El objetivo del programa es llegar a este grupo en particular y alentarlos a vacunarse.
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The goal of the program is to reach out to people in the "moveable middle" — those who haven't been vaccinated yet but who local health officials believe can be persuaded to do so.
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"Es muy difícil ejercer el distanciamiento social dentro de los camiones escolares”, dijo un administrador del distrito escolar de Austin al anunciar la nueva regla.
