Camryn Sanchez is a field correspondent at KJZZ covering everything to do with state politics.

Prior to joining KJZZ, Sanchez worked for two years at the Arizona Capitol Times covering the state Legislature, with a focus on the Arizona Senate.

Sanchez studied journalism at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, In college, she interned at the East Bay Express in Oakland, ELLE Magazine in New York, and The Yonkers Times in Yonkers, New York. She then worked at the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow covering the city of Phoenix before entering the state politics reporting arena.

Sanchez was recently given the Society for Professional Journalists’ presidential award for her work investigating a state senator’s residency, after the senator in question filed an injunction against Sanchez, which was struck down in court.

Sanchez was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and is now a proud California transplant.

Out of the office, she can be found playing volleyball, drinking coffee and/or still talking about politics.