Jessica Contrera
Washington, D.C.
Enterprise reporter
Education: Indiana University, BA in journalism
Jessica Contrera is an enterprise reporter who writes about lives being shaped by major events and issues in the news. Her in-depth coverage of child sex trafficking in America won the 2022 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics and was a finalist for the 2022 Michael Kelly Award. She continues to investigate the criminal justice system's treatment of children and vulnerable communities.
She has covered inequality's toll during the pandemic, the effects of social media on teenagers and quite a few delightful stories about dogs. She is a three-time Livingston Award finalist and a part of