Jika González
New York, NY, USA
I am an Emmy winning producer and cinematographer from Mexico City and based in New York. I am currently producing and shooting for VICE News Tonight.
Before that I was a grantee of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at the Columbia Journalism School where I taught as an Adjunct Assistant Professor for photography and video classes. I got my Master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2013 and my B.A. from The New School in 2010.
I am passionate interested in covering immigration, identity and human rights. My work has taken me to Mexico, Guatemala, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, and Peru. I’ve worked for HBO, Vice News, TIME, NatGeo, Blue Chalk Media, Univision, Telemundo and more.
My work has been recognized by the the Alliance for Women in Media, the Front Page Awards and the Society of Environmental Journalists. I've also been a grantee of the International Women's Media Foundation.
I can be reached at jika.gonzalez@gmail.com, 646-420-3033, or via Twitter and Instagram at @jikaglez.
- Audio editing
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Interview
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Video capture
- Video editing
Pa'l Norte
Jika González
Central American migrants hang onto the top of a trailer as they hitchhike g from Mexico City to Querétaro on their way to the U.S.
Thousands of migrants Central America have trekked across Mexico as part of the wave after wave of caravans fleeing persecution, violence, and poverty in their home countries.
Among the group are families and scores of teenagers traveling alone and dreaming of a life in the United States that could help provide for their loved ones back home—most of them unaware of the threats of arrest and deportation made by President Trump and other U.S. officials.
Last line of defense
Jika González
15-year-old Gerardo and his barely adolescent friends are the latest enlistees in a self-defense group in Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero, which sits at the heart of Mexico’s heroin trade and has been wracked by violence in recent years. The citizen militia is training the boys, some as young as 6, to serve as the last line of defense should a cartel strike the community, as it has others.
Pa'l Norte
Jika González
A young girl gets lifted into a trailer to get from Mexico City and move north.
Thousands of migrants Central America have trekked across Mexico as part of the wave after wave of caravans fleeing persecution, violence, and poverty in their home countries.
Among the group are families and scores of teenagers traveling alone and dreaming of a life in the United States that could help provide for their loved ones back home—most of them unaware of the threats of arrest and deportation made by President Trump and other U.S. officials.
