July 21, 2023
Story published with the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet).
Covering elections in 2023 requires journalists to navigate many challenges, including polarization between political parties and audiences. How do we cut through the noise and engage with communities to understand the election topics that matter to them? Read the full story here.
January 31, 2024
Story published with America Amplified.
Over the last seven years, KUNR Public Radio has built its team and workflows to report news bilingually in English and Spanish. To get that news to the communities that need it, KUNR uses a combination of partnerships, digital tools, and in-person outreach to Spanish-speaking and Latino community members. Read the full story here.
March 8, 2022
Project co-reported with journalist Fabiola Gutiérrez and published with Global Voices. Reporting series funded by the International Center for Journalists with an ICFJ-Hearst Foundations Global Health Crisis Reporting Grant.
A four-part series produced in both Spanish and English:
In their own words: How Latinas with disabilities persevere during the pandemic
In their own words: Latinas with disabilities explain leaving the house during the pandemic
In their own words: Latinas with disabilities turn their homes into pandemic battlegrounds
In their own words: Facilitated conversation as a way to report on Latin America
April 16, 2020
Published with the International Journalists Network, this story is also available in Spanish.
This piece was cross-posted by the American Society of Media Photographers.
Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, photojournalists around the world already faced challenging working conditions. Job security was waning, pay was minimal and a majority felt physically unsafe at least sometimes while on the job, according to a 2018 report by World Press Photo. (more…)
November 27, 2019
Published with the International Journalists Network, this story is also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and other languages.
Starting October 18, 2019, protests have rocked Chile, with citizens expressing frustration over systemic quality of life issues in the country. Chileans continue to take to the streets demanding lower transportation prices, increased pensions and reformed healthcare. (more…)
October 8, 2019
Published with the International Journalists Network, this story is also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and other languages.
Reddit is a space for discussion and sharing information. Journalists are trying to engage with that audience. Newsrooms including The Washington Post and USA Today use it, and while in office, President Obama even participated in a questions-and-answer session on the site called an “Ask Me Anything,” or an “AMA.” (more…)
November 26, 2018
Published with the International Journalists’ Network.
When covering complex, ongoing stories, such as outbreaks of violence and criminal trials, journalists typically have far more information than they can squeeze into the average daily news story. The result: a series of oftentimes repetitive, perishable articles that may ignore or oversimplify the bigger picture. (more…)
October 11, 2018
Published with the International Journalists’ Network.
Collaborating across countries and time zones is challenging and requires clear and efficient communication — something the team at Code For Africa (C4A) knows well. As the continent’s largest data journalism and civic technology initiative, C4A’s leaders, such as ICFJ Knight Fellow Jacopo Ottaviani, have developed methods to make it easier. (more…)
April 5, 2018
Published with the International Journalists Network.
When I tell people I report in English and Spanish for an NPR member station, they are usually surprised. As a student at the University of Nevada, Reno, I work for both Reno Public Radio(KUNR) and Noticiero Móvil — a bilingual Spanish-English digital news organization run by the Reynolds School of Journalism.
After wrapping up the collaborative project’s first full year, my colleagues and I reflected on what we have learned so far: (more…)
March 7, 2018
Published with the Reynolds Media Lab.
After his father was detained by ICE, Victor Hugo Manuel Alcantara self-deported from Las Vegas, Nevada, to San Francisco Cheje, Mexico, to keep his family together. Article by Natalie Van Hoozer with additional reporting by Guillermo Bautista.
A few days after his high school graduation in Las Vegas, Victor Hugo Manuel Alcantara and his mother Yolanda Alcantara Gil booked one-way tickets to Mexico. (more…)
Natalie Van Hoozer 