Austin Landis reports on politics and policy from Washington, D.C. for Spectrum’s digital platforms across the country, focused on the White House, COVID-19 and immigration.

Before joining Spectrum News, she was a reporter and producer at Newsy, where she covered national news and politics and reported on immigration, especially the issues surrounding visa programs for U.S. military interpreters from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Austin graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in broadcast journalism and international studies. She also speaks Spanish and lived and studied in Barranquilla, Colombia in 2016.

When not reporting, you can likely find her outdoors, planning a trip back to South America or working through the books on her bookshelf.​