Daniela Ibarra (’17, ’19 M.A.), San Antonio, was named a 2025 Chauncey Bailey Journalist of Color
Investigative Reporting Fellow by the nonprofit organization Investigative Reporters
and Editors. The yearlong fellowship aims to increase the range of backgrounds, experiences
and interests within the field of investigative journalism. A reporter with San Antonio
television station KSAT, her fellowship will focus on how educators and others have
experienced injuries inflicted by public school students throughout Texas. Ibarra,
who earned a bachelor’s in broadcast and digital journalism and a master’s in media
industry and critical studies at UNT, has served on the national boards of the Society
of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.