About Victor C.

Víctor Castillo is a bilingual news reporter, specialized in the U.S.-México border, covering stories on immigration, border security, human trafficking, human smuggling, drug trafficking, politics, economy and news happening along the southern border He was recently featured on Border Wars by National Geographic. He's done work for Univision, MundoFOX, Televisa, Telemundo, FOX, CBS, CNN, PBS and Voice of America. The United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime, invited Castillo to Colombia to speak about human trafficking and illicit trade of undocumented immigrants along the Texas-Mexico border. Victor Castillo is a Texas Associated Press Broadcasters award-winner and recently honored with the 2014 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism for his contribution with interviews for PBS Frontline documentary “Rape in the Fields” and the Spanish version for Univision “Aquí y Ahora” documentary “Violación de un Sueño”

About Julie E.

A resourceful and dedicated videographer, editor and producer with eleven years' experience in feature filmmaking, short form video, video journalism and the creation of online content. Passionate about documentary media and strategic storytelling efforts across all technological platforms. Specialties: documentary production, video production and post-production, videography, editing, production studio management, lighting, project management/coordination, social media strategy, online content, Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, tapeless workflow, DSLR cameras, troubleshooting technology and finding creative solutions

About Jordan G.

Jordan Gass-Pooré is a senior English and mass communication double major at Texas State University. The moment she laid hands on a newspaper and her fingers were stained with black ink that she could smear on her older cousin’s white clothes, she was hooked. Since then, Jordan has been on a mighty crusade to prove that the pen is mightier than the sword, sharpening her writing skills through internships with the Los Angeles News Group, Austin American-Statesman and San Antonio Express-News, among others, and working with high school students as an English tutor and mentor. Jordan lived in Canterbury, England, for six months in 2010 and looks forward to returning, hopefully as a reporter with The Guardian in London.

About James M.

22 years as TV news correspondent, documentary film producer, New York Times best-selling author, CNN commissioned op-ed writer, regional Emmy winner, occasional on-air political analyst for cable networks, author of six books. Experience reporting breaking news, politics, features, and issues. Topics range from major hurricanes (Andrew, Hugo, Fran), disasters, presidential campaigns, environment, energy, business, comfortable delivering insight and expertise on most topics on the air or as a writer/reporter.

About Doug D.

About Cesar V.

Multi-media journalist. One man band. I started off as a part-time PA, mainly working in Computer Graphics / Audio Technician / Camera Operator roles in news production for three daily newscasts for KLDO/KXOF in Laredo, Texas. After a few months, I was promoted to full-time multimedia journalist covering international border issues such as the shooting of a Department of Homeland Security helicopter near the Rio Grande River. Afterwards, I joined the team at KGNS, also from Laredo, Texas, as a multimedia journalist. I was part of a team of reporters and producers that covered the fatal bus accident off US-83 in the Spring of 2016. I'm currently a freelancer in the Austin area.

About Katja D.

camera, editing, directing, reporting in Germany and over 20 other countries (mostly Central + South America)

About Gary C.

My name is Gary Cooper. I'm a freelance video journalist based in San Antonio, Texas. I am familiar with various non-linear editing software (namely Adobe Premier) and have won an Emmy with my multimedia journalist work.

About Eric H.

Eric Hinojosa is an editor and ]director. He and his team now produce content for some of the worlds biggest YouTubers (3/4 of a Billion views, 50 million combined subscribers) and has produced content that has appeared on national television around the world. Eric speaks 5 languages and has worked around the world, in many markets. He has directed and edited for Pepsi, Red Bull and ABC News, including for the recent ABC hit: Localish.

About Laura F.

Hi! My name is Laura Figi but most people just call me "Figgy." I'm a freelance journalist with a passion for representing the truth, nothing but the truth and the whole truth. I consider myself multi-talented; I have experience in breaking news, long-form journalism, broadcast, photography, videography, post-production editing (I'm a huge nerd about Adobe Creative Cloud), copywriting and editing, HTML, web design, social media strategy, marketing strategy and French translation, but I am always itching to learn something new. I eat, sleep and breathe AP style and I'm ready to write, edit or shoot anything you throw at me!

About Linnea M.

Linnea began her acting career at the age of 4. She has worked on numerous commercials, films and modeling projects. She has excellent line memorization and takes direction exceptionally well. She is hard working, punctual and will be an asset to any production.

About Ashley A.