Ashley Mackey
Ashley earned her master's degree in sports journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Montana. At Montana, she studied on a full-ride tennis scholarship, and when she graduated from there, she traveled the world playing professional tennis for two years.
Ashley worked as a News21 fellow on the "Hate In America" project, which garnered awards such as a Robert F. Kennedy Award, an Edward R. Murrow award, a BEA award and an EPPY award. She also interned at the United States Tennis Association.
Ashley is excited to be back and reporting on Inglewood, the city where she was born. She serves her community alongside her sorority members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Inc.
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Ashley's Stories
Investigation underway after man, woman hurt in Baldwin Village shooting
A man and a woman were hurt in a shooting in Baldwin Village, and a search is now underway for a suspect.
Lifeguard towers vandalized in Santa Monica after they were painted to celebrate LGBTQ Pride
Vandals smashed out the glass of two lifeguard towers in Santa Monica that were painted to celebrate Pride month.
Pride Night celebrates LGBTQ community at Dodger Stadium despite thousands protesting outside
Fans in attendance of Friday's Pride Night at Dodger Stadium enjoyed the game and celebration of the LGBTQ community, despite the thousands of protesters outside.
SoCal beach lands spot on 'beach bummer' list over bacteria levels in ocean
Heal the Bay's Beach Bummer List ranks the most polluted beaches in California based on levels of harmful bacteria in the ocean and this year's list includes several in SoCal.
Whittier softball coach battling ALS heads to regional playoffs: 'There's no way I could quit'
Though Jason Ramirez can't be on the field, he can still call pitches and says there's no way he can stop now: "People say I inspire them but I told them they inspire me to keep wanting to fight and come do what I love."
Red Cross sends supplies and volunteers to Guam in the wake of Super Typhoon Mawar
Along with the tens of thousands of supplies, American Red Cross is also sending 200 trained volunteers to Guam to aid in disaster relief.
Two local moms create Chinese bilingual books for children, celebrating language and culture
The Bitty Bao books come in Mandarin to English and Cantonese to English.
Obamas seen at USC for Sasha's graduation
This year marks USC's 140th year of commencements and this year a record 20,000 degrees were handed out.
'Regresa a casa con mamá': madre emite súplica desesperada por adolescente desaparecida de Lakewood
Las autoridades buscan a una adolescente desaparecida de Lakewood mientras sus padres ruegan desesperadamente que su hija vuelva a casa - o que alguien la libere.
'Please come home to mama' - mother issues desperate plea for missing Lakewood teen
A Lakewood teen disappeared from her home in the middle of the night and her family is issuing a desperate plea for help finding her.