Aydali Campa

Investigative Project on Race and Equity

Reporter Profile

Aydali Campa is a multimedia bilingual journalist based in Chicago whose reporting and video work span education, environmental justice, and immigration. Her work has appeared in The Arizona Republic, The Wall Street Journal, Inside Climate News, and Borderless Magazine. She has produced an investigative documentary, segments for an Arizona PBS primetime series, and short-form videos in English and Spanish for various media organizations and social media platforms. She began her journalism career as an undergraduate at Arizona State University, where she focused on video production and magazine writing, before serving as a Teach for America corps member teaching third and fourth grade. She later returned to ASU to earn a master’s degree in investigative journalism. When she’s not reporting, she’s watching reality TV, working out, or searching for her next hobby.

Beat: Investigative reporter

Using data and documents, the Investigative Project reports facts and offers proof of known patterns of abuse and failed oversight. The newsroom seeks a dogged reporter with great story ideas, the ability to produce revelatory and unique stories, and the ability to chase down public records, data and sources to reveal disparities within Chicago.