Hello! 👋🏻 My name is Cherry Salazar.

I am a New York-based investigative journalist with over a decade of experience, specializing in data-driven and multimedia reporting.

Siege of Marawi, southern Philippines, 2017 (Photo by Jojo Secson)

I am currently pursuing M.A. in Journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where I founded and serve as the first president of the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) pilot student chapter. I am also an alumna of Columbia University’s Lede Program for Data Journalists.

Previously, I worked as the sole multimedia reporter of nonprofit newsroom Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism where I covered elections, disinformation, energy transition, and attacks on press freedom, among others. I also produced television documentaries for ABS-CBN, the largest media network in the Philippines at the time until it was forced off the air by the Duterte administration in 2020.

In 2022, I was invited by the U.S. State Department to participate in the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists as part of its premier professional exchange program. I also contributed to the Global Investigative Journalism Network’s guide on investigative reporting.

Map of how Bronxites voted in the elections
Personal project Aftershocks | Shifting voting patterns: Trending towards purple
Elections • Python, GIS
Mott Haven Herald BID wants more cameras in The Hub to curb illegal dumping
Local Accountability • Python, GIS • Multimedia
VRVM malfunction caused long queues in Dansalan, Marawi City in the May 2019 midterm polls
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Down the drain: What happened to Comelec’s ₱1B voter verification project?
Elections • Government Procurement
Fedelina Lugasan
ABS-CBN Fedelina: A Stolen Life
Trafficking • Cross-border • Documentary
Power plant expansions in Ilijan, Batangas City
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Verde Island Passage in danger as LNG projects flock to Batangas
Environment • Climate • Energy Transition • Multimedia
As pandemic lockdowns hit livelihoods, handwashing is a luxury some families cannot afford
Philippine Center for Investigative JournalismPandemic underscores struggles of Manila’s urban poor communities without access to clean water
Health • Multimedia
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism OFWs are harassed — Jessica got jail time — over loans they’re forced to make to get jobs abroad
Labor and Migration • Cross-border
Personal project Jews, Asians, gays most targeted for hate crimes: NYPD data
Crimes • Python
ABS-CBN HIV Rising
Health • Cross-border
Philippine Center for Investigative JournalismOnline child sex abuse surges during pandemic
Trafficking • Digital Crimes • Multimedia
Philippine Center for Investigative JournalismMarcos leads presidential race amid massive disinformation
Elections • Disinformation • Multimedia
Personal project China, a top lender, still receives billions in aid
Development Finance • Python, Scrollama