HOUSTON – She’s not a reporter in the traditional sense. No press pass, no newsroom and no deadlines. But when something happens in Houston’s streets, Griselda “Grizzy” Castillo often first to the scene.

She’s with just her phone and a voice that booms her signature opening line: “What’s up with it, Hood News Peeps.”

Grizzy has built a million-strong following by turning raw, real moments into community journalism that feels more like family than news.

What started as an empty-nester’s hobby has become Houston’s most unconventional and undeniably influential newsroom..

An accidental journalist

“It was an accident. It wasn’t supposed to be the Grizzy’s Hood News that people are aware of today,” Grizzy told KPRC 2’s Gage Goulding.

What began in summer 2019 as a way to fill time after

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