February 18th, 2025 at 6am
The Los Angeles Times internship program was launched decades ago and found and nurtured the next generation of journalists. Today we continue that tradition in our Spring Cohort. They will gain valuable experience in some of the most pressing issues in a region where big stories covering art, wildfires, sports, Hollywood and more are standard.
We welcome five Southern California-educated journalists and want to bring their diverse storytelling to the largest newspaper in the West of Washington, DC. And bring their story ideas back to life. See you below.
Alia Yee Noll is a junior at USC who majors in journalism and majors in documentary and gender and sexuality studies. She has worked for the Daily Trojan Horse throughout her college days, serving as an editor and associate managing editor of arts and entertainment. Last summer she worked as an editorial intern at Ms. Magazine. When she isn’t writing, she can find exploration museums and restaurants around Southern California, collecting rubber stamps and doing crossword puzzles. She is excited to join the Times as that image intern.
Amy Contreras is a Los Angeles native, Chicana graduated from the recent Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where she studied comparative ethnic studies and Spanish. For her senior project, she created La Vitrina, Cal Poly’s first Latino campus newspaper. She also contributed to campus radio stations as a podcast host for “different issues,” where she covered diversity, equity and inclusive issues. She worked as a communications intern in the Washington office in Latin America, where she translated news releases, drafted weekly newsletters, and wrote copies of social media. She also collaborated with Yakchutchuttychuyakttychuyakttytity to design a walking tour of the indigenous peoples of Kalpoli. Amy enjoys spending time at home with her dog, cami, cat and Coco, watching Mexican telenovelas and sipping on her homemade latte. She is excited to join Delos and engage and explore the Lattans community.
Benjamin Royer is Angeleno, who graduated with a Masters degree in Specialized Journalism from USC in May and received the Seldenling Research Journalism Fellowship. From 2022 to 2024, he studied communication at UCLA, where he served as assistant sports editor and staff writer for the Daily Bruin. Since July, he has been a freelance reporter for the Times, covering high school sports, Los Angeles Sparks, UCLA gymnastics and USC women’s basketball. His signature also appeared in the New York Times and the UCLA Blueprint, covering on-campus protests, medicine and sports media. Benjamin is passionate about sports investigative journalism and cannot wait to join the Times, his hometown newspaper, and the sports section he grew up in.
Lupe Lirenas, a native of San Fernando Valley, has recently graduated from the Annenberg School of News and Journalism in Northridge, California and USC. As a bilingual journalist and a proud first-generation Mexican-American, Lupe brings her cultural insight to her reporting and finds untold stories. Her work has been published in IheartMedia, Mitú, Aptical Press Entertainment, Secret Los Angeles, among others. When she isn’t preparing for interviews, chasing stories on social media, or covering events, she listens to her favorite hip-hop and Latin music artists. She is excited to join Delos as a content creator. Stay connected with Lupe on all social media platforms: @lupellerenas.
Born and raised in Pomona, Anthony Solorzano loves to tell stories in all forms. Over the years, he was a Poly Post, Mt. Cal Poly Pomona. He has contributed to publications such as SanAntonio Community College’s SAC Media, La Taco, Pomonan and various Southern California newsgroup outlets. In his spare time, he writes two newsletters, “Through The Grove,” which explores the culture and politics of his hometown. “Pseudo Pop” emphasizes social commentary through the lens of film and television shows. Joining the Times as an intern is an dream come true for Anthony.
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