Simón Rios is a newsroom reporter at WBUR. Before WBUR, Rios worked for two years at the Standard-Times in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he covered business and immigration. A graduate of Emerson College, Rios worked as a carpenter, a cab driver, and a musician before freelancing as a reporter in New Hampshire and landing at the Standard-Times. He has been awarded three first place awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association.
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