Jill Ament
ReporterJill Ament is a reporter at KWBU. She hails from right here in Central Texas, growing up down the road in Gatesville. She graduated from Texas State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in May of 2012.
Her love for radio reporting and producing began while at Texas State. She held several roles at the college’s radio station, KTSW 89.9 FM, including assistant news director and reporter. Jill also was a newsroom intern with KUT 90.5 FM and a production intern with KGSR 93.3 in Austin.
Jill’s work has taken her across the country. After college, she went on to intern in New York City with Teach for America’s videography team, filming doc style pieces on new teachers serving in inner city NYC schools. She also just recently completed a 10-month stint of national service with AmeriCorps in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the US, serving as a corps member and media representative. Jill is glad to be back in Texas serving the communities she grew up in.
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“If you spend more money on pre-K, that can do more to catch kids up than any other intervention later in life, according to research.”
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“It’s hard to say how you feel about a proposal when you don’t know how much money it includes.”
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Texas Highest Criminal Court Strikes Down Provision Of Open Meetings as Act Unconstitutionally VagueThe ruling only pertains to a slice of the law, but open government advocates say the decision “removes a powerful disincentive” put in place to keep…
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“This aid was supposed to go to feed people but its main objective … was to initiate a confrontation at the border.”
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Politicians Veronica Escobar and Beto O’Rourke will join the counter-rally of El Pasoans and others who say Trump mischaracterized the border city in his…
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A political shift in Texas means Republicans may have to work harder to keep their seats.
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The president and the governor both talked about the border; Abbott also made school finance reform and teacher pay tops on his agenda.
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As the new legislative session gets underway, one Texas lawmaker is trying to changeregulations of the state’s natural gas industry, in light of a series…
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Waco’s World Hunger Relief farm works on projects to combat hunger around the world. And in Waco, the farm has created community gardens in vacant lots…
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The City of West is taking yet another step towards rebuilding after last year’s fertilizer plant explosion. On Thursday they broke ground on the new West…