Fellowship Mentor

Paulina Velasco is a multilingual reporter and audio producer based in Los Angeles, California. She was the 2024 Feet in 2 Worlds Reporting Fellow, and was the lead reporter on Frequency of Deception / Radiofrecuencia de engaños, an award-winning in-depth investigative series into misinformation on Spanish-language radio in the United States. Currently, Paulina is also the Collaborations Project Manager at The Institute for Nonprofit News (INN).

Paulina has made narrative documentaries and interview shows for ten years for a variety of outlets, including Marketplace, LWC Studios, Slate, Pacifica Radio, and local NPR member stations. She writes for The Guardian about immigrants’ experiences in Southern California and particularly at the San Diego-Tijuana border — just ten miles from where she grew up.