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Jude Joffe-Block

Senior Field Correspondent

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Senior Field Correspondent Jude Joffe-Block (Phoenix) caught the radio bug while assisting a radio reporter in Mexico, and has been happiest wearing headphones and pointing microphones ever since. She initiated Fronteras Desk coverage in Las Vegas as the project's first Senior Field Correspondent there. She then joined the Phoenix newsroom in July 2012. Previously, she contributed stories on immigration and criminal justice to KALW in San Francisco and multimedia content in both Spanish and English to the Associated Press in Mexico. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and Yale University, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico.

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Politics

Proposed Change To Immigration Policy Brings Hope To Families

Jude Joffe-Block

Jude Joffe-Block

Rising deportations has soured many Latino voters on Obama. But a proposal to help some illegal immigrants to stay could change that.
The Latino Gap: Preschool Helps, But Not Enough Are Enrolled

Jude Joffe-Block

Studies show a Nevada preschool program helps close the achievement gap for Latino students. As part of an ongoing series, we look further into the program, which serves only 2 percent of the state’s 4 year olds. And there is no funding to expand it.
The Latino Gap: A Club's Model To Encourage Educational Achievement

Jude Joffe-Block

Community service, political activism and mentoring are helping some Latino students close the achievement gap at Rancho High School in Las Vegas. It is part of an ongoing series exploring the Latino education gap.
National

Las Vegas Housing Market Attracts Asian Investors

Jude Joffe-Block

In Las Vegas, the housing market continued to struggle this year, but investors from Asia see opportunity there. They're taking advantage of housing prices that have plummeted in recent years, buying foreclosed homes for less than it would cost to build them.
Politics

Mexicans Abroad Encouraged To Vote In Presidential Election

Jude Joffe-Block

The deadline for Mexicans to register to vote in 2012 is Jan.15.
Economy

Four Nevada Men Await Sentencing in $4.4 Million Unemployment Fraud Scheme

Jude Joffe-Block

The scheme involved intercepting unemployment benefits paid out to almost 600 different people. Such cases of multi-million dollar fraud are rare in the unemployment benefit system.