Journalist CV — page 1

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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Journalist CV — page 2

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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