Contact

For freelance commissions & licensing:

Phone: 347-725-1939 (call or text if assignment is timely)

Email: thalia.juarez.photo@gmail.com

Based in: Brooklyn, New York

Languages: English/Spanish

FAA Part 107 Certified Drone Pilot

About

Thalía Juárez (she/her) is a New York-based visual journalist and FAA-certified drone pilot available for freelance photo and video assignments in the tri-state area and anywhere you’d like to send her. She specializes in reportage and portraiture and is passionate about covering stories related to migration, labor, climate & environment, and access to healthcare and education.

She approaches stories with sensitivity and care, aiming to ensure individuals are seen truthfully, while providing context and nuance to enhance overall public understanding. She employs a trauma-informed approach when working on sensitive topics.

Her images, reporting, and videos have been published in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Baltimore Sun, among others.

Thalía grew up outside Los Angeles and studied Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Experience

Currently, Thalia is a staff Photo Editor at The Guardian (US), working part-time while freelancing as a photojournalist for various publications. She joined the Guardian in 2022.

Previously, she was a Photo Editor at the Wall Street Journal. where she conceptualized and commissioned visual coverage for daily news stories and long-form pieces.

From 2018-2020, she was on the audience engagement team at The Baltimore Sun, where her passion for building community trust through coverage, social media, and in-person engagement helped grow digital audiences. She also pitched and reported stories relevant to Baltimore's Latino communities, including features, breaking news, and enterprise pieces in English and Spanish.

From 2017-2018, she worked as a multimedia journalist, digital producer, and homepage editor for The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland.

She got her start at a local newspaper in rural Southwestern Pennsylvania, where she covered daily life in Appalachia, doing reporting, photo, video and social media.

Outside of journalism, she enjoys reading, playing soccer, and volunteering in her community. She’s currently learning how to play the drums.

Member of Diversify Photo, Women Photograph, Authority Collective, NAHJ

Recognitions

2025 - American Photography 41 Chosen Winner, Online Collection

2024 - Outrider Foundation Visual Journalism Fellowship

2024 - The Guardian US Best Photos of the Year

2023 - Women Photograph 2023 Year in Pictures

2023 - En Foco Photography Fellowship Program

2022 - Foundry Photojournalism Workshop

2022 - Art of Freelance Portfolio Review

2021 - Maynard 200 Fellow, Investigative Storytelling Track [MIJE]

2021 - Work featured in Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum’s "Food for the People" Exhibit

2020 - Staff of The Baltimore Sun Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the undisclosed financial relationship between the Baltimore City mayor and the public hospital system she helped oversee. Role: Audience Engagement Team

2020 - Rising Star Fellow at the Pictures of the Year International competition at the Missouri School of Journalism

2019 - Pulitzer citation for The Capital Gazette Staff coverage of the mass shooting. Role: Photojournalism

2018 - News image featured in TIME's Top 100 Photos

2017 - MDDC first place for continuing video coverage of MS-13 gang activity, in addition to joint first place for investigative journalism

2017 - MDDC first place in multi-media feature storytelling on incarcerated mothers

Group Exhibits

2023: F[ull] Stop: 2023 Fellowship Exhibition, WallWorks NY, Bronx, NY

2023: Volunteer & Student Exhibition, Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY

2021: Food for the People, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, DC

2019: No Walls, No Bans, No Borders, The Peale Center, Baltimore, MD