Angela Kocherga is the news director and a reporter for public radio station KTEP in El Paso and a regular contributor to The Texas Newsroom public radio collaborative and NPR. She’s also a cohost of Texas Standard a weekday, statewide news program. She's dedicated her career to covering the southwest border and Mexico for public media, leading television stations and digital news organizations. She has reported extensively on migration issues, the border security buildup and impact of drug violence on families. Her recent work earned a national and several regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. She is a 2019 recipient of the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot prize awarded by Columbia University for courageous reporting in Latin America in recognition of her body of work and courageous reporting on the border and across Mexico.

• Edward R Murrow Award Excellence in Innovation Latino voter engagement project - Radio Television Digital News Association (10/09/2023)
• Edward R Murrow Award Feature Reporting - Radio Television Digital News Association (10/09/2023)
• Edward R. Murrow Award Hard News Coverage - Radio Television Digital News Association (10/09/2023)
• National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame 2023 (07/15/2023)
• National Edward R. Murrow Award (09/16/2022)
• Public Media Journalism Association Award for COVID coverage (06/24/2022)
• Public Media Journalism Association Award for Hard News Feature "Private Asia Graham" (06/24/2022)
• Public Media Journalism Award for Interview "How 911 Changed the Southwest Border" (06/24/2022)
• Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Continuing Coverage (05/18/2022)
• Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Hard News (05/18/2022)
• Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Investigative Reporting (05/18/2022)

• BA in Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin (1986)

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