Ariel Smith was a 2023 Business reporting intern at the Los Angeles Times. She is a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, where she is studying journalism. She previously interned with KUNR and the Mitch Hitchcock Project as a climate change reporter and has worked as a community reporter with Our Town Reno.
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