About

My name is Roberto Camacho, and I am an award-winning multimedia journalist from San Diego, California. I’m an alumnus of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, where I graduated with my BA in Mass Communication and Media Studies. My past reporting has been published by a variety of news outlets such as Bolts, Prism, Daily Kos, Analyst News, The Daily Chela, Next City, All Rise, Latino Rebels, Palabra, and CALÓ News. As well as local outlets in San Diego, such as the San Diego Union-Tribune, The Voice of San Diego, Times of San Diego, and  San Diego Magazine.

I am also the Vice President of the local chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), San Diego/Tijuana chapter—a role that I have served since 2025.

In addition to my print reporting, I have also produced and appeared in coverage that has aired on both radio, podcasts, and television. From August 2024 to January 2025, I worked for Laura Flanders & Friends, an award-winning weekly half-hour news and public-affairs program known for its cutting-edge interviews, hard-hitting investigative reporting, and highlighting diverse voices from underrepresented communities. During my tenure, I served as the program’s Social Justice Reporting Fellow. There, I assisted with research and fact-checking, TV/radio/podcast. promotion, selected audio/video excerpts for distribution on social media platforms, gathered relevant articles and materials for weekly Show Notes, and assisted the Supervising Producer with research, episode development, and production. During the fellowship, I produced a full-length half-hour episode for the show’s ‘Meet the BIPOC Press’ series, which I pitched, helped write, shot, and even fronted as the lead correspondent reporter. I was the first fellow in the show’s history to produce a full-length episode, which ultimately aired in February 2025 on over 300 public TV stations across the U.S. I have also been invited to speak on various radio shows and podcasts to discuss my reporting at length. Such programs include KQED’s Forum, KQED’s The California Report, Social Primate Podcast, the Journalism Salute, and the Majority Report with Sam Seder. 

As a lifelong resident of San Diego, growing up in the border region has given me a nuanced perspective that is informed by the unique history, culture, and people that set the region apart from any other location in the world. My passion for journalism has been nurtured by my past experience covering culture, art, politics, and local, grass-roots movements in the region. I’ve become an award-winning multimedia journalist by developing an array of skills through my coverage of beats such as race, equity, criminal justice reform, immigration, education, and environmental issues to generate enterprise stories that dig deep and hold policymakers and stakeholders accountable. I’m well-versed in the most pressing issues affecting communities throughout the region. Chronicling a litany of dynamic stories has given me valuable real-world experience that translates into valuable insights and contributions in the newsroom.

For the past several years, I have balanced full-time work as an educator while producing compelling journalism for local, regional, and national audiences. I have built and maintained close professional relationships with my sources. And in my nearly ten years of freelance reporting, I have built a robust network of sources who trust me and are comfortable going on record for stories. From organizers and grassroots activists to educators, lawyers, city officials, and people from a litany of working-class professions who reside in the communities I have reported in. I bring firsthand real-world experience reporting, intimate knowledge of the region, and an expert understanding of the most pressing issues affecting San Diego and the border regions’ diverse and nuanced communities.