I am delighted to announce two important additions to the Bethesda Conquer workforce, reporters poised to develop our politics and general public-services reporting and our protection of the prosperous culture of Montgomery County.

A indigenous of Oxon Hill, Prince George’s County, Akira Kyles joined Bethesda Beat this thirty day period as a lifestyles reporter focusing on dining, society and issues to do. She graduated in 2018 from Morgan State University, where she served as editor in main of The MSU Spokesman, the university newspaper. She has beforehand written for the Afro-American Newspaper and Baltimore Town Paper and attended the Politico Journalism Institute. She has been a local community information reporter for the Carroll County Moments and, most just lately, an arts and society reporter at the Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina.

Arrive at out to her at @byakirakyles or [email protected].

Ginny Bixby joins Bethesda Defeat starting this 7 days as a politics and organization reporter. She grew up in Manassas, Virginia, and graduated in 2020 from the University of Mary Washington, where by she was an editor at the college student paper. She beforehand interned for RVA Journal and GayRVA in Richmond, Virginia, and the Student Push Legislation Heart in Washington, D.C., and was a correspondent for The No cost Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Most not long ago, she was the city reporter for The Every day Progress in Charlottesville, Virginia, covering city authorities and digging into the strategies that community government choices have an affect on marginalized communities.

Reach out to her at @ginny_bixby or [email protected].

Anne Tallent is the government editor of Bethesda Journal and Bethesda Defeat.