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New England News Collaborative
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Vanessa de la Torre
Editorial Director / Executive Editor, New England News Collaborative
New England News Collaborative
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Professional Bio
Vanessa de la Torre leads the New England News Collaborative, a regional hub of nine public media stations sharing news, ideas and a united mission to inform and empower our communities through journalism. She is based at Connecticut Public Broadcasting in Hartford. Previously, Vanessa was a reporter for Connecticut Public and the public radio collaborative Sharing America, covering issues of race, identity and culture. Before joining the public media world, Vanessa wrote for newspapers such as the Hartford Courant, where her investigative storytelling on Hartford education won regional and national awards. She also was part of the Courant team that was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. Vanessa grew up in El Centro, Calif., a desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, and is a graduate of Princeton University. She received her master's degree from Stanford University’s Graduate Program in Journalism.
Company
New England News Collaborative
Education:
Princeton University 2004
A.B. English
Stanford University 2005
MA Communication, Graduate Program in Journalism
Job Role
Editor