SeeingBlack.com Contributors
Karen Juanita Carrillo
By
Aug 2, 2007, 15:21

Karen Juanita Carrillo

SeeingBlack.com Contributing Writer

A Brooklyn-based writer and photographer, Carrillo specializes in covering African American and Afro-Latino history, culture and politics. She has worked as a journalist for more than 15 years, and presented lectures on African American and Afro-Latino issues. Carrillo co-wrote the chapter, “Brutality Against Prisoners is a Serious Problem,” which appears in the book Police Brutality edited by Tamara L. Roleff (Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1999) and the chapter, “Our World, Our Work” for the book Body and Soul edited by Linda Villarosa (HarperCollins Publishers, 1994). In 2002, she was awarded the National Newspapers Publishers Association's "Perspective Reporting Award: For human-interest coverage of the impact of September 11th, highlighting diverse perspectives in African American communities." In 2003, she was a New California Media Awards winner in the "Civil Liberties" reporting category. In 2005, she received the New York Association of Black Journalists' first prize award for "General/Spot News" reporting and in 2008, she won the NYABJ's second place prize award for "International News" reporting. Karen Juanita Carrillo is a United Nations representative and senior researcher with the International Oil Working Group (a non-governmental organization). Her published articles and photographs have been featured in numerous publications in the United States, South America and Europe.