About Rose

Rose L. Thayer is a print and radio journalist based in Austin, Texas. She has covered military and veteran news in the western U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018. 

Rose previously presented a military news flash briefing every week on the radio program and podcast Rethinking Heroes on 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles. She has experience with on air presenting for both radio and TV. 

Prior to Stars and Stripes, Rose worked as a reporter for Killeen Daily Herald and a freelance journalist for publications including The Alcalde, Texas Highways and the Austin American-Statesman. 

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Rose has earned multiple journalism awards, including the 2024 Military Reporter and Editors award for Enterprise Reporting, the 2021 Society of Professional Journalists Washington Dateline Award, among others.