Leah Hunter

Ever since Leah Hunter was a young girl, she’s been inquisitive about the world around her. Having journaled since age four, she’s devoted herself to penning details to blank pages. Her curiosity led her to quickly discover journalism.

A blogger with a dream to become a foreign correspondent, her passion for journalism lies in exploring how history and culture intertwine to explain current day affairs. She feels a calling toward feature writing and hopes to someday write for a magazine. Always curious and forever dreaming, Leah craves both investigative reporting opportunities and time spent encapsulating the cultures embedded in the fabric of the United States.

While traditional, her love of fashion is always marked by her peers. Leah, with her Christian faith at her center, aspires to be a wife and mother more than anything. But for now, at the simple age of 22, she can be found at a pilates class, listening to music and dancing in her room. And always in her hand, is her journal, the trusted confidant holding her perspectives.

Leah covers health care and North Georgia for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. She holds Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and Spanish, in addition to having minored in broadcasting. She served as executive editor of the university’s lifestyle and culture magazine, the Talisman, for two years and wrote both digital and print pieces throughout her college years.

Previously, she interned at The Courier Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Lexington Herald-Leader in Lexington, Kentucky. She also helped New Americans while interning at the South Central Workforce Development Board in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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