FreelanceJournalist
Jun. 2008Award-winning journalist and correspondent in Latin America. Documentary producer. Former college professor. Recipient of four Pulitzer Center journalism grants. Fulbright scholar in Ecuador. Worked as staff writer, editor and bureau chief in the U.S. and 20 foreign countries. Interviewed everyone from presidents to armed insurgents and teen-age drug traffickers. Investigated corruption and organized crime in Mexico and along the U.S.-Mexico border. - Ran one of the only American news bureaus in Havana, Cuba. Coordinated coverage of Pope John Paul II's visits to Cuba, Mexico and the Middle East. Assisted NBC’s Nightly News, led by Lester Holt, with its coverage of President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba. - Covered fighting in Afghanistan after Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. - Led or worked on 10 Pulitzer Prize-nominated projects. - Ran journalism workshops in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala and Colombia. - Produced and sold videos to NBC News and other media outlets. One video lit up the facades of UNESCO’s Paris headquarters. Still another drew 34 million views on YouTube. - Created 10-minute documentary called “Grietas de Muerte” (“Cracks of Death”) about the housing crisis in Havana. The video was shared 11,600 times on Facebook within four days of publication. - Produced documentary called “Death in the Jungle” about the impact of oil drilling on indigenous groups living in the pristine jungles of Ecuador. - Sold stories to USA Today, Insider, Newsweek, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting and others.