I make short form social video content for platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. I also write a weekly newsletter and research and script long form videos.
About
Chris Vazquez is a video journalist and news content creator. He is passionate about equipping audiences with informational tools that keep them civically engaged and empowered. Chris also loves experimenting with what social video journalism can do, whether he’s using his green screen to clone himself dozens of times for a lighthearted explainer or creating a three-act social video microdocumentary.
Chris started his career interning at newsrooms like Retro Report and The Texas Tribune, working on video pieces about topics ranging from immigration to housing segregation. He graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 2021. After that, he worked at The Washington Post, where he created daily short-form videos adapting his colleagues’ reporting. He also launched “Variant Cover,” a series about identity and comic book culture that explored complex stories about marginalization through an accessible pop culture lens.
Chris went on to work as an audience engagement producer at The Marshall Project, where his videos on the US criminal legal system and immigration reached millions. He began freelancing full time in the summer of 2025. Since then, he’s worked with MediaWise — an initiative from the Poynter Institute — on videos about AI and media literacy. He’s also collaborated with Mother Jones on series about health care and Latine diaspora politics. Additionally, he writes a weekly newsletter for Local News International, a newsroom founded by Dave Jorgenson and other Washington Post video alumni.
Born and raised in Miami, Chris now lives in Chicago. He’s probably listening to a nine-hour long X-Men podcast
