ABOUT/CONTACT
I'm a filmmaker and photographer based in New York.
Most recently, I was part of FRONTLINE's Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative. During this one-year fellowship, I co-produced and directed a film that reconstructs the law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb Elementary.
My work has taken around the world and across the United States. I have covered sensitive topics, including Colombia’s civil conflict, police brutality in the United States, and the refugee crisis in Venezuela.
Before moving to the United States, I worked as a videographer in the Mexico City bureau at Telemundo, where I reported extensively on the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College.
My work has appeared on Frontline, VICE News, HBO, Showtime, Telemundo, Al Jazeera, Univision, NBC News, TIME and, The New York Times.
I am a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where I sometimes work as an adjunct professor.
You can reach me at juanitaceballosv [at] gmail [dot] com
AWARDS
- 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Explanatory Reporting, “Inside the Uvalde Response”, FRONTLINE/The Texas Tribune/ProPublica
- 2024 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability, “Inside the Uvalde Response”, FRONTLINE/The Texas Tribune/ProPublica
- 2021 New York Press Club Award, Feature Reporting National: Internet, “Border to Border” (VICE News)
- 2020 Emmy Winner, Outstanding Newscast, VICE News Tonight
- 2020 Emmy Winner, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast, “American Uprising” (VICE News Tonight)
- 2020 Edward R. Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage, “Say Her Name: Investigating the Death of Breonna Taylor” (VICE News Tonight)
- 2020 George Polk Award, Television Reporting, Investigating the Death of Breonna Taylor (VICE News Tonight)
- 2019 New York Press Club Award, Documentary TV, “Walking to America” (VICE News Tonight on HBO)
- 2019 Emmy Winner, Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast, “Moment of Truth: Kavanaugh and Ford” (VICE News Tonight on HBO)
- 2019 Emmy Winner, Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast, “Zero Tolerance” (VICE NewsTonight on HBO)
- 2019 Citation, Overseas Press Club of America for Best Reporting in any medium in Latin America, “Walking to America” (VICE News Tonight on HBO)
- 2017 Emmy Winner, Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish, “Harvest of Misery” (Telemundo Network News)
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