Demetria Lester

About

Demetria C. Lester is a reporter for Five Star Institute’s MortgagePoint magazine (formerly DSNews and MReport), covering national real estate and mortgage servicing news across the nation’s fastest-growing markets. Specializing in editing, publishing and report development, she analyzes and issues data surrounding current housing trends and mortgage market figures.She is a former content coordinator and copy editor for the Southern California News Group, where she was responsible for dispersing breaking and local news across 11 publications throughout the SoCal region.Publications edited by Lester included but were not limited to: Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, Whittier Daily News, San Bernardino Sun, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Redlands Daily Facts, The Daily Bulletin, Pasadena Star-News, and Riverside Press-Enterprise.As a former editor-in-chief of Northlake College, she is advanced in editing and newspaper/magazine production. A former staff writer at her alma mater, the University of Texas at Arlington, she has covered events such as the Byron Nelson and Pac-12 Conferences, progressing into her freelance work with the Dallas Wings and D Magazine. Currently located in Dallas, Lester is a jazz aficionado, Harry Potter fanatic, and avid record collector.