Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento is a production assistant with Weekend Edition.
She was a 2019 Kroc Fellow. During her fellowship, she reported for Goats and Soda, the National Desk and Weekend Edition. She also wrote for NPR Music and contributed to the Alt.Latino podcast.
Gomez Sarmiento joined NPR after graduating from Georgia State University with a B.A. in journalism, where her studies focused on the intersections of media and gender. Throughout her time at school, she wrote for outlets including Teen Vogue, CNN, Remezcla, She Shreds Magazine and more.
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Combs had been convicted in July on two counts of transportation for prostitution. During his sentencing hearing he spoke at length for the first time in the trial, addressing the judge at length. -
The music mogul, who was convicted on two counts of transportation for prostitution but acquitted of more serious charges, will be in court on Friday, Oct. 3 for a sentencing hearing. -
The founder of the world's biggest music streaming service says he'll remain at the company as Executive Chairman, and will be replaced by two co-CEOs. -
Unlike other tech giants, many music-streaming services like Spotify are not currently taking steps to label AI-generated content. But experts say more transparency is key. -
Combs was convicted on July 2 of two counts of transportation for prostitution. The music mogul had filed a request to be released on bail before his sentencing, which is scheduled for Oct. 3. -
In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners inside NPR and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and Anastasia Tsioulcas tell us what it was like to cover a major celebrity criminal trial, for this week's Reporter's Notebook. Covering the spectacle and complexity of the Sean Combs trial required both modern and old-school reporting techniques.
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On Thursday, the government delivered closing arguments in the sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs. The rapper and executive is accused of coercing multiple women into sexual encounters with male escorts. -
After six weeks of witnesses for the prosecution, Sean Combs' defense team rested after only 30 minutes Tuesday. Thursday, the final stage of Combs' trial begins.
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For weeks, federal prosecutors have laid out their case against Sean Combs in a Manhattan courtroom. His attorneys should begin presenting their defense on Tuesday. They aren't expected to take long. -
A former security guard testified Tuesday that Sean Combs offered tens of thousands of dollars for security footage that allegedly showed him assaulting then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
