Emilie Eaton is an award-winning investigative reporter based in San Antonio, Texas. Her work has been published by USA Today, NBC News, The San Antonio Express-News, The Houston Chronicle, The Arizona Republic and The Sacramento Bee, among others.

At the San Antonio Express-News, Emilie wrote extensively about police misconduct, capital punishment, domestic violence, drunken driving and addiction. In 2021, as the result of an investigation that Emilie spearheaded, county leaders voted to spend $3.3 million to hire more prosecutors, investigators and victim advocates and create two temporary courts to tackle a huge backlog in domestic violence cases.

Previously, Emilie worked at The Cincinnati Enquirer, where she covered child poverty, business and breaking news.

A native of Northern California, Emilie graduated magna cum laude from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University. In 2014, she was selected to be the school’s commencement speaker, delivering a speech to over 500 graduates and family members.

Emilie is also very active in her community. She helps lead the San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalist’s Teen Team program, which gives high school students a close-up view of what it’s like to work in the industry.

Her work has been honored by the Best of the West contest and the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors’ Excellence in Journalism competition, among others. 

Read some of Emilie’s recent work here.