Lydia Curry
Lydia Curry LIH-dee-uh KURR-ee (she/her)
News Visual Journalist, Phoenix

Lydia Curry expects to graduate in May 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a special events certificate. Curry has interned at KTAR Radio in Phoenix and is a host on Blaze Radio’s Hypothetically Speaking. She also serves as the President of the Society of Professional Journalists/Online News Association at ASU, and was the 2022 Homecoming Director.

Latest from Lydia Curry

Coin collectors unite: National Money Show in Phoenix features rare currency

PHOENIX – The 2023 National Money Show, hosted by the American Numismatic Association, brings hundreds of millions of dollars worth of rare coins and paper money to the Valley. The show runs through Saturday.

A misprinted $5 bill with upside-down serial numbers and a $1 bill with double serial numbers are on display at the 2023 National Money Show, hosted by the American Numismatic Association at the Phoenix Convention Center on March 2, 2023. (Photo by Lydia Curry/Cronkite News)

African American history museum aims to preserve Black history and fight for social change

TUCSON – The African American Museum of Southern Arizona officially opened on Jan. 14, 2023, in Tucson, with the intention to “enable the community to join together and respect the past, honor the present, and pay reverence to the future while engaging and sustaining social action,” according to the museum’s website.

A sign for the African American Museum of Southern Arizona.

New technology is helping Phoenix divert waste from landfills and turning it into clean compost

PHOENIX — Arizona is going greener with new technology that creates clean compost. The compost facility located in Phoenix is the first in Arizona to receive the "depackager."

Trash enters the sorting machine at the 27th Avenue Compost Facility in Phoenix Feb. 2, 2023. (Photo by Lydia Curry/Cronkite News)

Mexican wolf program is making strides after 25 years of effort

ALPINE - The first captive-raised Mexican wolf was released into the wild 25 years ago, when the species was on the verge of extinction. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says it is proud of the progress of the wolf program, which is steadily reaching its goals.

Arizona Game and Fish Department biologist Bailey Dilgard carries an alpha female wolf from a helicopter in Alpine Jan. 26, 2023, to hand her off to Pamela Maciel Cabañas, the sanctuary manager at the Wolf Haven International in Washington state. (Photo by Lydia Curry/Cronkite News)