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Russell Contreras

Russell Contreras joins Axios

November 18, 2020 by Veronica Villafañe

Russell Contreras has joined Axios as a justice and race reporter.

He’ll be covering the policies and agencies at the heart of the administration of justice and how it impacts people of color.

He started the new job this week.

Contreras previously spent 12 years at The Associated Press, where he covered immigration, issues around Latino civil rights, racial conflict in the American Southwest and the legacy of slavery and racial segregation in modern politics.

Before that, he also worked as a reporter for the Boston Globe and the Albuquerque Journal.

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Axios, Russell Contreras

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

Full bio here
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