My First Byline: Aaricka Washington

Associate editor and reporter, LAist

Courtesy of Aaricka Washington

What is your current job?

I am an associate editor and a reporter at LAist, which is based in Los Angeles, California. 

What was your first byline?

Beginning my professional career as the K-12 education reporter at the Austin American-Statesman was like drinking water through a firehose that was on full blast. I had to hit the…