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Fernanda Santos

Fernanda Santos (Photo by Rachel Leingang/Arizona Capitol Times)
Oct 9, 2017

Fernanda Santos: Journalist grows roots in the borderlands

Fernanda Santos spent 12 years at the New York Times, including the past five as a correspondent based in Arizona. When faced with a decision to continue at the newspaper or stay in Phoenix, she chose the desert. Now she’ll teach a new generation of journalists at Arizona State University.

In this June 30, 2013 file photo, a wildfire burns homes in Yarnell, Ariz. The wildfire that began with a lightning strike and caused little immediate concern because of its remote location and small size quickly blazed into an inferno, leading officials to rapidly order more resources in the hours before flames killed 19 members of an elite Hotshot crew, according to a report released Monday, July 15, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski, File)
May 9, 2016

Book tells tale of Granite Mountain Hotshots who died battling wildfire

The tragedy of the Yarnell Hill Fire captivated grieving audiences and Fernanda Santos, Phoenix bureau chief for The New York Times. In her book, “The Fire Line,” Santos tells the story of how 19 men lived and died.

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