Lauren Terrazas
Morning Edition Newscast HostLauren Terrazas is the Morning Edition newscast host at KUT. Lauren’s work in public media began in her home city of El Paso at KTEP and later with Texas Public Radio in San Antonio before she relocated to Austin in 2021.
Lauren has won numerous awards for her work as a producer and reporter, including a Gracie Award and Regional Edward R. Murrow awards, and her breaking news coverage has been featured on statewide and NPR newscasts. Lauren also serves as the backup statewide newscast host for The Texas Newsroom, a regional news collaboration of NPR and public radio stations across the state.
Lauren received her Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio and her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Texas at El Paso.
You can email her at lterrazas@kut.org.
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Los pueblos indígenas han ocupado el centro de Texas durante miles de años, mucho antes de que llegaran los colonos españoles a mediados del siglo XVI. -
Indigenous peoples have occupied Central Texas for thousands of years — long before Spanish settlers arrived in the mid-16th century.
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Nineteen-year-old Franklin Barrett Sechriest was handed down a three-count indictment for allegedly starting the Oct. 31 blaze at Congregation Beth Israel. -
The city is offering two dozen summer camps scheduled to begin the week of May 31. -
City staff say reopening the road is not feasible because the sidewalks are too narrow to support the number of pedestrians, especially during peak hours.
