Christina Vazquez

About

Christina Boomer Vazquez is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning field journalist. Christina earned a regional Edward R. Murrow award for her coverage from Honduras of the child migration border crisis. While at ABC15 in Phoenix, Arizona, Christina was awarded a USC Annenberg Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism, a national award. Judges commended Christina for her “creative use of ‘participatory journalism’ connecting viewers to candidates through Twitter and other social media". While at KVIA in El Paso, TX she earned Associated Press awards for her work "Behind the Border," a series covering immigration policy and border issues. Christina was also the creator of the Emmy Award-winning investigative consumer protection segment “Call Christina.” Christina’s digital journalism has also been recognized, winning Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Florida Chapter digital award categories including "New Media Engagement." As a leader in digital innovation, Christina has also worked to guide the integration of technology to engage audiences with multimedia experiences while serving on the executive team at Miami’s flagship contemporary art museum Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). This included developing the museum’s brand journalism content marketing strategy, hiring the museum’s first-ever digital journalist, developing the strategy for PAMM Portraits, the museum’s first microsite of original multimedia content, launching the PAMM App, and conceptualizing a first-of-its-kind Knight Foundation-funded augmented reality art exhibition utilizing Apple’s ARKit. Christina also developed PAMM Kids, the museum’s first institution-wide branding initiative for all programs and services for families and kids under 12. She has also worked as a media consultant working to train journalists in emerging democracies. While covering the pandemic from the frontlines Christina earned a Master of Science in Communications with a journalism innovation specialization from Syracuse University, graduating top of her class. Christina has also been honored for her public service reporting while at WPLG as an Esserman-Knight Journalism Award finalist. The award highlights “local journalists whose work has demonstrated the power to change laws and lives.” Christina is an advisory board member of World Affairs Council of Miami and a member of Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), and Global Ties Miami. Christina is also serves on the board of the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida.