Mallory Falk covers El Paso and the border for KERA as part of The Texas Newsroom.
Mallory Falk covers El Paso and the border for KERA as part of The Texas Newsroom. That's a regional news hub linking stations across the state, the prototype for NPR's Collaborative Journalism Network. Previously she worked as a reporter at KRWG in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and WWNO, New Orleans Public Radio. Her reporting has aired nationally on programs including Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Here & Now. A winner of multiple regional Edward R. Murrow awards, Mallory is based in El Paso, and is part of the national Report for America project, which aims to support journalists in underserved areas of America.
The guests at Hotel Flamingo in Ciudad Juárez aren’t tourists on vacation — they’re people who tried to cross into the US but, for a variety of reasons, have been sent back to this border city and need a safe place to stay.