Jen Reel

Jen Reel worked at the Observer for seven years. She received a Masters in Journalism with a concentration in Photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was co-chair for the student chapter of the National Press Photographers Association. She has worked in the non-profit sector for the Peruvian-American Medical Society and has been published in Utne Reader magazine, the Village Voice and Pitchfork Music.
 

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2017 in Review

America Beyond Detention

Thu, Dec 29, 2016 |

By Gus Bova, Melissa del Bosque, Jen Reel and Emma Pérez-Treviño The United States portrays itself as a beacon of freedom and liberty, yet it operates the world’s largest immigrant detention system, a burgeoning network that locks up refugees, asylum-seekers … Read More

Culture

Observatory Podcast No. 5: Fatal Attraction

Genevieve Keeney discovered her life’s work after a series of untimely deaths.
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 |

Host Jen Reel travels to one of the country's weirdest museums to meet a woman who discovered her life’s work after a series of untimely deaths. Read More

Border

Observatory Podcast No. 4: Living Undocumented

When the DACA Act was implemented, 24-year-old Victor Erives was able to legally live, work and attend school in the country he calls home. Now a Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize those same opportunities for millions of others.
Thu, Apr 14, 2016 |

When the DACA Act was implemented, 24-year-old Victor Erives was able to legally live, work and attend school in the country he calls home. Now a Supreme Court ruling could jeopardize those same opportunities for millions of others. Read More

Criminal Justice

Observatory Podcast No. 2: Second Chances

Dara Musick was a career criminal with nearly two decades behind bars; now, she's sharing her story in Texas theaters.
Fri, Jan 15, 2016 |

Dara Musick was a career criminal with nearly two decades behind bars; now, she's sharing her story in Texas theaters. Here's her journey, in her own words. Read More

Border

The Things They Left Behind

When migrants die in South Texas, the objects they leave behind hold clues to their identities.
Thu, Oct 29, 2015 |

The Things They Left Behind When migrants die in South Texas, the objects they leave behind hold clues to their identities. by Jen Reel October 29, 2015 Jen Reel In the fall of 2013, Observer reporter Melissa del Bosque and … Read More

LGBT Rights

Observatory Podcast No. 1: Chance

Fri, Oct 9, 2015 |

Chance was 16 years old when she told her parents she was gay. Here's what it was like for a kid to grow up in an environment where she's told over and over again that who she genuinely feels herself to be, is wrong. Read More

Austin
Culture

Direct Quote: Grief’s Gift

Thu, Sep 24, 2015 |

Melba Martinez has spent most of her life in the theater. She’s won numerous awards as both an actor and director, received a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies in theater, film and performance arts, and spent 22 years teaching and directing at St. Edward’s Mary Moody Northen Theatre in Austin. The last nine of those years she served as the department chair. But the death of her niece over a decade ago sent Martinez into a deep depression that eventually led her to change course and become a painter of roses. Read More

Jennifer Rose Davis
Culture

Direct Quote:
Renaissance Woman

Tue, Sep 1, 2015 |

Jennifer Rose Davis started her career as a graphic designer. Tt was her hobbies and a later bachelor's degree in music that led her to a career in designing, acting, musical scoring and costume- and mask-making. Read More

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