Jackie Serrato
About
Jackie Serrato is from Greater Chicago Area. Jackie is currently Editora, La Voz Chicago at Chicago Sun-Times. In Jackie's previous role as a Editor In Chief at South Side Weekly, Jackie worked in Chicago, Illinois until Oct 2025. Prior to joining South Side Weekly, Jackie was a Freelance Reporter at Block Club Chicago and held the position of Freelance Reporter. Prior to that, Jackie was a Freelance Contributor at The Chicago Reporter from Mar 2019 to Aug 2019. Jackie started working as Multimedia Producer at Hoy Media in Jun 2017. From Sep 2016 to May 2017, Jackie was Production Assistant at WTTW/Chicago PBS. Prior to that, Jackie was a Editor at Pilsen Portal (Chicago Voz) from Aug 2015 to Mar 2016. Jackie started working as WBEZ Community Reporting Fellow at Chicago Public Media in Feb 2015.
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Jackie Serrato's current jobs
Jackie Serrato's past jobs
Reporting in the Little Village neighborhood for DNAinfo, later Block Club
Bilingual reporting for chicagotribune.com, focusing on the West and Southwest Sides
Help steer the direction of a documentary production about the Pilsen neighborhood in the last twenty years, to air on channel 11 in Spring 2017. Schedule and conduct on-camera interviews with community residents, provide translation, research and collect archival material.
Plan workshops to recruit and supervise a small team of community writers. Cover events and profile businesses and people that are significant to Mexican-American residents in the Lower West Side.
Rigorous training in public radio journalism. Work alongside WBEZ reporters and producers to write news for the morning or afternoon show. Produce feature story from the West Side (Little Village) bureau.
Execute digital media plan for the organizationʼs voter registration campaign. Track metrics to improve engagement on all media platforms to reach one million Illinois Latinos through coordinated outreach with non-profit partners. Organize voter education events.
Cycle 1. Produce a story through a social justice lens about drugs and their impact on Chicago communities. Chosen topic explores the connection, if any, between gang violence in Little Village and Mexican drug cartels. Components featured in Univision, The Gate Newspaper, Contratiempo, El Beisman, and ChicagoNow.