We are happy to announce our 7th annual Noche de Periodistas special guests, two journalists that continue to leave a powerful mark on the local and national level: Fernando Pizarro, Washington Affiliates Correspondent for Univision, and Arelis R. Hernandez, reporter at The Washington Post.
Fernando’s award-winning work has taken him across D.C., covering national policy issues for the Hispanic community and immigration, including the border crisis of separated immigrant families. Read more about him here: https://bit.ly/2K7ZQ95
Arelis covers politics and government in Maryland and also national breaking news. Arelis most recently traveled to Puerto Rico to document the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Her trailblazing coverage has helped shed light on the ongoing crisis on the island. Read more about her here: https://wapo.st/2K9EckL
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Jesus Rodriguez is a senior at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, where majors in international politics and foreign policy. From Orlando, Florida, by way of Venezuela, he has covered how national politics affects Georgetown students at his campus paper, The Hoya, while serving as its managing editor, though his work in the student newsroom now focuses on increasing diversity and representation as director of engagement. Last summer, he wrote on foreign affairs as an editorial intern for the Council on Foreign Relations. This year, Jesus participated in a fellowship program with the International Center for Journalists and was selected as one of 13 participants of the 10-day POLITICO Journalism Institute, where he wrote on U.S.-Mexico border security in the wake of the death of Claudia Gómez González, an unarmed Guatemalan immigrant who was shot in the head by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. This summer, he will be writing at The Hill. A first-generation college student, Jesus is the recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholarship and speaks four languages. You can follow him on Twitter @jesusrodriguezb.
My name is Javier Pachon Bocanegra. I am a Spanish journalist based in Washington D.C. interested in politics and social stories that could change lives. Born in Malaga, Andalusia (Spain), in 1995, I graduated with a journalism degree at the University of Malaga and spent six months studying a minor in communications in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, in 2015-16 as an Erasmus student. Since then, I have worked as an intern for the largest newspaper in my city, diario SUR; collaborated with the local radio COPE; worked for Agencia EFE in Malaga; and, currently, write as an intern correspondent for EFE News in Washington, where I am experiencing what it’s like to work at a foreign bureau focused on politics. I look forward to finding a place in the amazing world of journalism, where I really enjoy working and learning with hardworking and talented colleagues. I have always believed in independent and committed journalism as a condition for democracy. At a small scale, I tried to pursue this at my university, where some colleagues and I founded a digital newspaper. Here in Washington, I have covered relevant information like the abolition of net neutrality and environmental actions.
