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Vanessa Ochavillo

News Editor

Vanessa started at NSPR in September 2026 as part of UC Berkeley’s California Local News Fellowship.

She’s part of the fellowship’s inaugural cohort of editing fellows. She previously worked as a digital producer and newsroom fellow at WBUR, Boston’s NPR station. Before that, she was a staff writer at the Half Moon Review on the California coast covering city government and public safety.

As an intern with the Center for Investigative Reporting, she was part of the research team that contributed to the Emmy Award-winning Netflix documentary “Victim/Suspect.” Her work has appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Magazine, SFGate.com and the Pacific Daily News in Guam.