Bilingual journalist in Chicago

I am an award-winning bilingual journalist in Chicago. My work chronicles stories of migrants in the U.S. with a lens on accountability and solutions. I have edited and written stories about Chicago’s response to new arrivals from the southern border, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ICE surveillance and detention, and gender-based violence in immigrant communities.

My reporting has been featured in The Guardian, PBS, Crain’s Chicago Business, Univision, South Side Weekly, and City Bureau.

Currently, I am a contributing writer for The Guardian and a senior editor for South Side Weekly. I also work with newsrooms and agencies across the U.S. on translation projects throughout the year.

As an editor for South Side Weekly, I implemented the publication’s Immigration section to expand the publication’s coverage of Chicago’s immigrant populations.

Previously, I was a digital producer for the Spanish-language media station, Univision in Chicago where I helped lead the newsroom’s digital initiatives and worked as the evening breaking news reporter and digital producer.

In 2019, I won City Bureau’s 2019 Civic Reporting Fellowship.

I studied English and Philosophy at Chicago State University. I currently study French at Harold Washington College.

I am an immigrant from Jalisco, Mexico, raised in the San Gabriel Valley in Azusa, California, and the south side of Chicago.

You can send me tips and ask me questions at alma.campos.reporter@gmail[dot]com, or connect with me on Twitter: alma_campos. No PR companies, please.