Nicolás Ríos
Journalist and the Director of Audience & Community for Documented | New York metropolitan area
Project Overview
IFL Visiting Fellow Nicolás Ríos will focus on how to turn effective community journalism techniques, such as engaging people via WhatsApp and Nextdoor, into accessible tools for other organizations seeking to more deeply engage with and inform their communities.
About Nicolás
Nicolás Ríos is Documented’s Director of Audience & Community, leading engagement, research, product development and content creation with a community-driven focus on audience needs from underserved immigrants. Under Nicolás’ lead, Documented has successfully integrated a community-driven model into its DNA. This allows them to identify audience needs and integrate them into their content creation and distribution strategies, elevating trust and expanding reach to communities that wouldn’t otherwise be interested in news content. Prior to joining Documented, Ríos worked as a news anchor in CNN Chile.