Kristian Hernández was an investigative reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He previously covered politics with the Center for Public Integrity in DC and immigration with the McAllen Monitor in South Texas. In 2014, Hernández was a courts reporter for Homicide Watch D.C. He is a first generation Mexican-American with a multimedia journalism degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and a master’s in investigative reporting from American University.