Prior to joining Voice of San Diego, Martínez Barba worked as a freelance journalist between the U.S. and Mexico, producing stories on immigration, culture, and climate for outlets like The Los Angeles Times, Prism Reports, and Ireland’s national radio station RTÉ. She also worked as a stringer for The Washington Post and as a field reporter and translator for The New York Times. As an intern with The Associated Press, Martínez Barba covered the historic inauguration of Mexico’s first female president, the capital’s ongoing water crisis, and investigated the growing network of migrant camps in Mexico City. She holds a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY with a double concentration in international and bilingual reporting. She was a finalist for the Ñ Awards for NAHJ in 2024 and a recipient of the Silurians Press Club Award in 2023 for local reporting in New York City. She also holds a B.A. in Sociology from Occidental College.
Beat: Local government reporter covering San Diego City Hall
Voice of San Diego is seeking a reporter to investigate and cover San Diego City Hall, focusing on the Mayor, City Council, city departments and other leadership. This reporter will examine and explain pressing policy, governance and regional issues, while also highlighting the stories and profiling the people shaping the future of communities in San Diego. The impacts of decisions made by political leaders are often difficult to track, and Voice of San Diego has made it our mission to translate and explain them. This reporter will accomplish this by gathering and analyzing facts through interviews, investigations and observations.