Lauren Bly
Lauren Bly Pronunciation (she/her/hers)
News Broadcast Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Lauren Bly expects to graduate in Fall 2024. Bly has interned at Scripps News D.C., ABC15 Arizona and KAZT-TV. She now works at Arizona PBS as a content creation assistant. After graduation, Bly wants to be a reporter/MMJ.

Latest from Lauren Bly

Election Day 2024: Updates from Arizona voters, polling locations, watch parties and more

PHOENIX – Arizona voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots for the presidential election, a U.S. Senate race, nine U.S. House races, 13 state ballot measures and many more state and local races.


Phoenix lawyer tapped by Biden would be second South Asian federal judge in Arizona – after older sister, an appeals court judge

WASHINGTON – Following in his sister’s footsteps: Phoenix lawyer Sharad Desai, tapped for a federal judgeship by President Joe Biden, has an older sister who serves on the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. She was the first South Asian federal judge in Arizona.

Phoenix lawyer Sharad Desai at the investiture ceremony in Phoenix of his sister, Judge Roopali Desai, to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on Jan. 20, 2023. (Screen grab from 9th Circuit video)

Vulnerable on border security, Democrats adopt some GOP rhetoric even as Harris slams Trump’s approach

CHICAGO – Faced with relentless attacks over record level illegal immigration, Democrats have tweaked their platform, adding a promise to secure the border that appeared nowhere in the 2020 platform. It’s a major vulnerability for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Two people walk along the Mexican side of the border fence near Yuma on Sept. 8, 2022. (File photo by Alexia Faith/Cronkite News)

‘I don’t want to be in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’’: Abortion access drives Arizona delegates to get out the vote

CHICAGO – Reproductive rights are center stage at the Democratic National Convention, and Arizona Democrats see abortion rights ballot initiative as a sure way to drive up turnout.

Reproductive freedom information booths and merchandise at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 20, 2024. (Cronkite News photo)

Arizona Democrats ‘excited, invigorated and happy’ as national convention kicks off four-day Chicago rally for Harris-Walz ticket

CHICAGO – Arizona Democrats, like other delegates to the Democratic National Convention, said they’re filled with optimism about the 2024 election now that Vice President Kamala Harris is the nominee.

Arizona Democratic delegates on the floor of the United Center in Chicago on Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo by Kelechukwu Iruoma/Cronkite News)

Quiet heroes: Meet the Valley animal lovers tending to feral cat colonies

PHOENIX – In the Phoenix area, there are a number of feral cats, prompting efforts to address the situation through Trap, Neuter, Return, commonly known as TNR. Numerous volunteers throughout the Valley commit their time and resources to address the issue.

A Saving One Life volunteer feeds a cat colony on Feb. 20, 2024, at Tempe Marketplace. (Photo by Mariah Temprendola/Cronkite News)

‘Unconditional love’: Saving One Life helps cats through colony feedings, TNR, fostering, adoptions

PHOENIX – Saving One Life is an Arizona nonprofit organization and one of the many animal rescues that helps save cats. The organization does colony feedings, TNR, fostering and adoption in order to find them loving homes.

Kelly Stinson, volunteer at Saving One Life, cuddles one of her foster cats, Hank, on Feb. 28, 2024, in Chandler. (Photo by Mariah Temprendola/Cronkite News)

The Singletons provides financial, compassionate support to single-parent families battling cancer

PHOENIX – The Singletons, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, helps single-parent families battling cancer get the resources and assistance they need.

The Singletons building is where the nonprofit holds events monthly for cancer warriors and survivors. Photo taken on Feb. 17, 2024, in Phoenix. (Photo by Mariah Temprendola/Cronkite News)

Feds award Intel $8.5 billion; money to expand Chandler, other chip plants

CHANDLER - President Joe Biden announced the award of $8.5 billion to chipmaker Intel on Wednesday, along with $11 billion in loans that will help the semiconductor manufacturer expand operations in Arizona and three other states.