Nina Kravinsky
Senior Field Correspondent - HermosilloNina Kravinsky is a senior field correspondent covering stories about Sonora and the border from the Hermosillo, Mexico, bureau of KJZZ’s Fronteras Desk.
Before joining KJZZ, she was a producer at NPR’s Morning Edition and Up First, where she was often up before the sun to direct the show. In 2023, Kravinsky was part of one of the first NPR teams on the ground in Israel following the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7.
She also spent three months reporting on climate change and local news at NPR member station KYUK in Bethel, Alaska.
Kravinsky started her career in public radio at community station WORT in Madison, Wisconsin, after graduating from University of Wisconsin in 2017.
Originally from Falls Church, Virginia, Kravinsky spends much of her time doting on her senior cat and chasing after her rescue dog. She and her husband enjoy eating their way through new parts of Mexico.
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The raids of three stores in the capital of the state of Sonora are part of a nationwide effort to crack down on the sale of counterfeit goods. Authorities seized toys, vapes and other foreign-made products that they say are illegal to sell. -
Researchers found that three quarters of heat-related deaths in Mexico between 1998 and 2019 were people under 35, showing that the young could be more vulnerable in a hotter world. -
The president of Mexico is taking a tour of the northern part of the country that also includes neighboring Chihuahua and Sinaloa later this month. -
Trump’s former ambassador to El Salvador, Ron Johnson, reportedly beat out Kari Lake for the position. The president-elect made security along the southern border a centerpiece of his campaign. -
Arizonans would feel the pain of tariffs in the form of increased prices. But some experts suggest threatening the fees could help the president-elect bring Mexico to the negotiating table, and not just on trade. -
The money will go toward improving schools, infrastructure and security, as well as paying off credit. Sonora Gov. Alfonso Durazo was in Nogales late last month to tout hospital, road and educational projects. -
In the past, Mexico has accepted deportees from the U.S. who aren’t Mexican citizens. But Mexico’s president says if President-elect Donald Trump carries out his mass deportation plan, she wants to only take Mexican deportees. -
The 12% minimum wage hike follows years of minimum wage increases in Mexico, which were a trademark of the last presidential administration. -
The Mexican president reiterated Monday that the two had a productive phone call, a few days after the U.S. president-elect threatened 25% tariffs on goods imported from its southern neighbor. -
Trump’s threat to put an across-the-board fee on goods coming in from Mexico would impact U.S. car companies that manufacture in Mexico, which could lead to price hikes for consumers.
