Raquel C. Zaldívar
Visuals Journalist, New England News CollaborativeRaquel Zaldívar is a bilingual visual journalist at the New England News Collaborative, where she produces visual stories and collaborates with journalists throughout the New England region.
Before joining the NENC and Connecticut Public, Raquel was a visual journalist and editor at the Chicago Tribune where she shot and edited photos and videos for both daily and long-term investigative and feature stories. She also collaborated with other visual journalists on staff to edit documentary videos and curated the Chicago Tribune Instagram accounts.
Prior to her work at the Tribune, Raquel’s work was published with NPR, The Washington Post and The Atlantic, among other outlets. She has reported throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as Cuba, Germany and South Africa.
Raquel received her Master of Science from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she focused on video and audio documentary reporting. Before that, she attended the University of Miami School of Communication and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with concentrations in visual journalism and Spanish. She currently lives in Connecticut with her dog, Cody, but frequently visits her hometown of Miami to see family, friends and enjoy the Cuban espresso she longs for in the Northeast.
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Just one week after the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire holds the country's first primary election. -
Conexión: Cómo la jardinería mantiene a esta Latina en Connecticut arraigada con su herencia peruanaLa jardinería se convirtió en un pasatiempo para Emely Ricci durante la pandemia. Entre sus tomates y pepinos, plantó huacatay, una hierba que se utiliza en la cocina peruana. -
Gardening became Emely Ricci’s hobby during the pandemic. Among her tomatoes and cucumbers, she planted huacatay, an herb used in Peruvian cooking. -
Over 1,500 people gathered to mourn the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting. Wednesday night's attack at a bowling alley and a bar left 18 people dead and 13 injured. -
Heather Flor Cron creció en Portland, Maine, y siempre se sintió una extraña por ser parte de una familia multicultural. Pero decidió quedarse, y profundizó sus raíces trabajando en agricultura para alimentar a la comunidad Latinx a su alrededor. -
Heather Flor Cron grew up in Portland, Maine, feeling like an outsider because she was part of a multicultural family. But she decided to stay, and those roots have deepened through her work farming and providing for the Latinx community around her.
