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Adriana Gallardo is an American journalist and editor who serves as an editor for NPR's Morning Edition, the most listened-to news radio program in the United States.[1]
Early life
[edit]Gallardo was born in central Mexico and grew up in the Chicago suburbs in a family of janitors.[1] She later immigrated to the United States as an undocumented child in the late 1980s.[2]
Career
[edit]ProPublica
[edit]Gallardo joined ProPublica in 2016 as an engagement reporter, where she worked for over seven years. Her community-sourced reporting contributed to several major investigations covering women's health, immigration, and sexual violence.[3]
Her work at ProPublica earned multiple prestigious awards including:
- 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist series for explanatory reporting ("Lost Mothers")
- 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "Lawless," an investigation with the Anchorage Daily News about sexual violence in Alaska
- 2021 Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma ("Unheard")
- 2021 Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism
- 2021 Ethics in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists
- Inaugural winner in the community journalism category from The American Society of Magazine Editors (Ellies)[3]
Public Radio
[edit]Before ProPublica, Gallardo oversaw a national reporting series at 15 public media stations and traveled across the country with the StoryCorps mobile booth, collecting hundreds of stories that are now archived at the Library of Congress.[3]
She currently serves as an editor for NPR's Morning Edition, focusing on books and author interviews while also editing news pieces across various beats.[1]
Teaching
[edit]Gallardo teaches at the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and serves as an adjunct professor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at City University of New York.[1]
Writing
[edit]Gallardo is an essayist represented by the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. Her work has appeared in Guernica, Catapult, and in Daughters of Latin America, a 2023 anthology available in English and Spanish.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Adriana Gallardo". Personal Website. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "Adriana Gallardo: From Crossing the Border as an Undocumented Child to Winning the Pulitzer Prize". Democracy Now. May 12, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Adriana Gallardo". ProPublica. Retrieved November 15, 2024.