Discover Top Reporters / Journalist in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Kim Munsamy (1987) es realizadora sudafricana de cine documental. Tiene una licenciatura de Arte Dramático con Especialidad en Cine y TV en Sudáfrica. Después de una pasantía en Cape Town Community Televisión (CCTV) trabajó como productora y editora en Workers World en un programa de televisión que facilitaba el intercambio entre sindicatos y trabajadores y exponía injusticia y explotación en fabricas en el Cabo. El programa fue transmitido por CCTV. En Sudáfrica ha trabajado principalmente en cortos documentales sobre reforma agraria y los efectos de la minería en el pos apartheid. En 2010 le fue otorgada una beca para un intercambio de 8 semanas en el Centro Documental de la Universidad George Washington y en 2011 fue seleccionada para participar en el Berlinale Talent Campus. Ese mismo año fue invitada a Guatemala a participar como panelista en el Festival Memoria, Verdad, Justicia. Ha trabajado con la Fundación Rigoberta Menchú en cortometrajes que documentan los procesos judiciales en casos relacionados al conflicto armado interno en Guatemala. A finales de 2012 presentó el trabajo "Donde el tiempo se detiene" en el Festival Truth is Concrete, en Graz, Austria y en 2013 participó en la competencia Focus Forward Films de GE / CINELAN con el cortometraje documental "Los huesos no mienten y no olvidan", que fue premiado y se presentó en el marco del Festival de Cine de Sundance. En 2016 estudió un curso de Cinefotografía Digital en la UNAM, México. Actualmente vive en Guatemala donde ha realizado trabajos documentales sobre la post guerra y temas políticos y sociales.

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I’m a bilingual freelance journalist and translator currently based in Central America. My work focuses on human rights, gender and transitional justice and has appeared in Newsweek en Español, The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Al Jazeera, Christian Science Monitor, Americas Quarterly, Latinamerica Press, The International Justice Tribune, Womens’ e News and Inter-Press Service. I have also worked as an editor for the Investigative Reporting Initiative in the Americas, a project supported by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). In 2013, I won the Gold Standard Award for Excellence in Economics and Business Journalism for an article on inclusive and sustainable corporate models published by Estrategia&Negocios magazine. Throughout my career I have been awarded a number of journalism fellowships, including the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship in 2014-2015. During this seven-month fellowship I took courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, I wrote a guest column for The Boston Globe and I worked with the New York Times immigration reporter, covering stories about the Latino community. In 2017, I was competitively selected as one of the World Press Institute fellows and spent three months in the U.S., interviewing media professionals and policymakers on key issues such as climate change, nuclear security and fake news. My extensive travel experience in Latin America includes covering the 2013 Summit of the Pacific Alliance in Cali, Colombia, and the Pope’s visit to Mexico in 2016. In 2017, I was also selected as one of the IWMF Adelante Reporting Fellows and after undertaking Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (HEFAT), I traveled to Choco, Colombia, to report on population displacement and sexual violence.

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Kara Andrade is a researcher, journalist and entrepreneur who focuses on Latin America, media, technology and society. She has more than ten years of experience working in the United States and Latin America as a bilingual journalist, entrepreneur and multimedia producer for a variety of leading media organizations including Al Jazeera America, Americas Quarterly, Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor, France 24, Global Post, National Public Radio, The New York Times and others. She consults as a trainer for the U.S. State Department’s eDiplomacy Initiative as well as, for the U.S. Institute of Peace. She has presented in fifteen countries at conferences including the Ashoka Future Forum, Campus Party Mexico, Commonwealth Club of California, Fulbright Annual Conferences, Guatemala Scholars Network, more than ten U.S. State Department organized TechCamps, four consecutive South by Southwest (SXSW) panels, various PeaceTech Exchanges

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Llevo más de diez años contando historias como corresponsal en Estados Unidos, Argentina, España y, ahora, Guatemala. Escribo mi primer libro de crónica con la Fundación García Márquez y Martín Caparrós.

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I am a multimedia journalist focused in environment, sustainable development and indigenous peoples. I am based in Guatemala, but I can work around Central America and Mexico.

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Guatemalan multimedia journalist experienced in audiovisual production. I was born in Guatemala City and got a degree in Communication Sciences. Since 2012, I've worked as multimedia journalist. At first, I worked in a small magazine for young people focused on Guatemalan political issues named Brújula of the Rafael Landivar University. From 2012 to August 2018 I was in charge of generating content in various formats (videos, photoreports, podcasts, texts, etc.). And from September 2018, I started working as an audiovisual journalist for the Plaza Pública. Since then, I have worked on issues such as migration, poverty and inequality, access to services and human rights. Last yearI have also done some collaborations for national and international media such as Comvite Magazine, Quórum digital media, BBC and The Insider in New York. In addition, I had the opportunity to work for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), documenting with photographs the vaccination process against Covid-19 nationwide.

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I am Norwegian born, based in Latin-America, working freelance with photography, video, radio and text. I have been living in Latin-America for the last twelve years working on projects related to social movements, both urban and rural, indigenous people and on music and culture connected to social and political change. I finished my master degree in Latin-American studies in June 2014. Through 2014 until January 2016 I was based in Brazil working with farmers and indigenous movements. Right now my base is Guatemala. I travel between mostly Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico and Norway for work. I write in Norwegian, Spanish and English.

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Santiago is a Guatemalan freelance photojournalist for the Central American region his work has appeared in EFE, AP, AFP, and is one of the founders of www.comvite.com an english Culture and Lifestyle magazine specializing in reportage in the Central American region. His work has been exposed in La Cooperacion Española in La Antigua Guatemala for the expo Radiografía de la foto en Guatemala, Fotoistanbul festival 2015, Taipei Red House 2018 and Panza Verde Antigua Guatemala.

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I am a multimedia freelance journalist covering immigration, human rights and politics in Latin America, with a focus on Central America. I have lived in Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador and have also reported from Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina. My work has appeared in publications including Washington Post, The Guardian, LA Times, The Daily Beast, Vice's Broadly, Al Jazeera, BBC, and others.

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Investigative journalist. Master's degree in journalism from the Autonomous Master in Journalism by Autonomous University of Madrid and journal El País. Has worked as a staff and worked as a freelance in Guatemala, Mexico and Spain in media such as El País, El Universal, Expansión magazine, eldiario.es, Vice, Yorokobu, Plaza Pública, and Nómada. Co founder of data driven producer El Intercambio.

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I'm a enthusiastic guatemalan filmmaker who's always looking for new and interesting projects to work in. I'm constantly creating new stories to produce.

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Fixer, based in Guatemala with experience in the region, Stringer photo-journalist for Reuters and independent documentary filmmaker.

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Soy Guatemalteco, orgullosos de mis raíces. Camárografo, creador de audiovisuales, Fotógrafo, Buscando historias para contarlas a través de imágenes. El mundo audiovisual me cambio la vida.

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Bachelor in Communications, Digital Journalist for 7 years. Experience in filming, editing and animation. Degree in Neurolearning and a Master in cultural and creative industries.

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Photojournalist with 6 years of experience working in local newspapers, magazines and as a stringer for EFE News Agency.

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