Carlos Ballesteros
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Injustice Watch,
Wiley Online Library,
Yahoo News,
NBC News,
Newsweek,
Newsweek Europe,
RTVE,
Associated Press,
Chicago Tribune,
SFGate,
The Conversation
and
Covers:
Criminal justice, incarceration, immigration, aging, disability
Senior investigative reporter at @injusticewatch, formerly @Suntimes via @report4america. Se habla español
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Carlos Ballesteros’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Hello,
My name is Carlos Ballesteros. I'm a senior investigative reporter at Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago focussed on exposing inequities and bad actors in the Cook County court system.
Before joining Injustice Watch, I was a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times where I covered immigration, education, housing, and politics. Before the Sun-Times, I was a breaking news reporter for Newsweek. I also interned at The Nation and In These Times magazines.
As a native Chicagoan, I'm f…
Carlos Ballesteros’s Journalist Portfolio
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Interview
See all 6 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
My first job as a journalists was a digital breaking news reporter for Newsweek in New York, churning out dozens of aggregated pieces a week.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
They haven't made them yet
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
You can email me at carlos@injusticewatch.org