Amritha Alladi

Amritha Alladi

(Photo courtesy of Masako Watanabe)

Amritha Alladi is reporter with The News-Star, a Gannett daily newspaper in Monroe, LA. She covers the Monroe city government.

Previously she was an assistant local news editor at Gannett’s Pacific Daily News in Guam. She joined the Pacific Daily News in July 2009 first as a lifestyle reporter.

Before moving to Guam, she worked as an anchor and producer for WRUF AM850, a CBS affiliate radio station in her hometown of Gainesville, Fla. While pursuing her bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Florida, she wrote for The Gainesville Sun and Gainesville Magazine. After graduating in December 2008, she went to India to intern with The Hindu, India’s national newspaper, and CNN-IBN, CNN’s sister network in India.

Amritha’s interests include reading, writing, international travel, the French language and culture, scrap-booking, tennis, and Indian dance. She visits India frequently with her family during the summer and/or winter holidays.

(Photo courtesy of Masako Watanabe) Interviewing Gary Kuwabara, Western Regional director of the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment.

(Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Hernandez) Interviewing Japanese tourists about the appeal of Golden Week and Guam as a tourist destination.