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Elena
Vasquez
Investigative
Journalist
&
Foreign
Correspondent
elena
.
vasquez
@
proton
.
me
+1 (212) 555-8391
New
York
,
NY
/
Mexico
City
elenavasquez
.
report
@
evasquez
_
reports
Investigative
journalist
with
10+
years
covering
organized
crime
,
migration
,
and
human
rights
across
Latin
America
and
the
United
States
.
Published
in
The
New
York
Times
,
The
Guardian
,
and
ProPublica
.
Two
-
time
winner
of
the
George
Polk
Award
.
Fluent
in
English
,
Spanish
,
and
Portuguese
.
EXPERIEN CE
The
New
York
Times
2019 –
Present
Senior
Investigative
Reporter
New
York
,
NY
The
Guardian
2015 – 2019
Foreign
Correspondent
—
Latin
America
Bureau
Mexico
City
,
Mexico
ProPublica
2013 – 2015
Data
Journalism
Fellow
New
York
,
NY
The
Texas
Tribune
2011 – 2013
Led
a
14-
month
investigation
into
cartel
money
laundering
through
US
real
estate
,
resulting
in
bipartisan
legislation
and
three
federal
indictments
.
—
Brokered
exclusive
interviews
with
protected
witnesses
and
former
cartel
operatives
across
five
countries
.
—
Built
and
maintained
a
structured
database
of
8,000+
conflict
-
related
documents
used
across
three
reporting
teams
.
—
Mentored
two
early
-
career
reporters
through
the
Times
'
fellowship
program
.
—
Covered
the
Central
American
migrant
caravan
,
drug
policy
reform
in
Uruguay
,
and
the
Colombian
peace
process
for
a
global
readership
.
—
Uncovered
a
pattern
of
forced
disappearances
in
northern
Mexico
through
interviews
with
40+
families
and
leaked
military
records
.
—
Collaborated
with
local
journalists
and
NGOs
to
produce
a
cross
-
border
series
on
femicides
in
Ciudad
Juárez
that
won
the
Ortega
y
Gasset
Award
.
—
Filed
180+
bylines
annually
across
print
,
digital
,
and
longform
features
.
—
Analyzed
12,000+
pages
of
FDA
inspection
reports
to
reveal
systemic
safety
failures
in
the
generic
drug
supply
chain
.
—
Developed
interactive
data
visualizations
that
drove
2.4
million
page
views
in
the
first
week
of
publication
.
—
Co
-
authored
a
series
on
medical
device
recalls
that
was
cited
in
two
congressional
hearings
.
—
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Border
&
Immigration
Reporter
Austin
,
TX
EDUCAT ION
M
.
S
.
in
Journalism
Columbia
University
Graduate
School
of
Journalism
2011 ·
Stabile
Scholarship
recipient
B
.
A
.
in
Political
Science
&
Spanish
University
of
California
,
Berkeley
2008 ·
summa
cum
laude
·
Phi
Beta
Kappa
AWARDS
&
HON ORS
2024
George
Polk
Award
—
Foreign
Reporting
(
finalist
,
Immigration
series
)
2022
George
Polk
Award
—
Justice
Reporting
(
Money
-
laundering
investigation
)
2019
Ortega
y
Gasset
Award
—
Best
Investigation
or
Reporting
(
with
team
)
2017
Overseas
Press
Club
Award
—
Feature
on
migrant
caravan
2014
Livingston
Awards
for
Young
Journalists
—
Finalist
,
National
Reporting
SKILLS
&
EXPERT ISE
REPORT ING
Investigative
reporting
Foreign
correspondence
FOIA
/
transparency
requests
Source
development
On
-
the
-
ground
fieldwork
Interviewing
(
victims
,
officials
,
sources
)
DIGITAL
&
DATA
Data
journalism
(
R
/
Python
)
Document
analysis
(
OCR
,
Review
)
OSINT
/
geolocation
Secure
communications
(
Signal
,
PGP
)
Multimedia
storytelling
CMS
(
WordPress
,
Arc
,
custom
)
LAN G UAG ES
English
Native
Spanish
Fluent
(
DELE
C
2)
Portuguese
Advanced
(
CELPE
-
Bras
Advanced
)
French
Conversational
PORT FOLIO
Full
portfolio
and
clips
available
at
elenavasquez
.
report
References
furnished
upon
request
Covered
immigration
policy
,
border
enforcement
,
and
family
detention
centers
with
a
focus
on
human
impact
.
—
Broke
the
story
of
a
privately
-
run
detention
facility
'
s
medical
neglect
,
leading
to
a
federal
investigation
and
closure
.
—
Regularly
filed
breaking
news
,
features
,
and
explanatory
pieces
for
a
statewide
audience
.
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