Katrina Pham

Photo by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine

Katrina Pham is a multimedia storyteller bridging the gap between digital audiences and critical news and resources through social media video. Her award-winning vertical video work has focused on topics including criminal justice and immigration.

Katrina is currently an audience engagement reporter with Borderless Magazine. Previously, she’s worked with The Marshall Project, In These Times and ABC7 Chicago. Katrina graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism in 2023 and is involved with the Video Consortium and the Asian American Journalists Association.

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What I Do

  • Reporting

    Bylines in Borderless Magazine, In These Times, The Daily Northwestern, The Yappie

  • Multimedia

    Video + Audio Production

  • Engagement

    Newsletter writing and production, social media copy

Vertical Video

The following videos were published on Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.

Social Media Posts

Photo by Max Herman/Borderless Magazine

Photo by Oscar Gomez/Borderless Magazine

Reporting Samples

Mexican American Tattoo Artists Use Their Skills to Fight for Immigrant Rights

While the Trump administration uses tattoos to target and deport Latino immigrants, these artists are tapping into Chicano tattooing’s origins to resist and uplift their community.
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‘We Need To Be the Allies That We Wish We Had In 1942’

Descendants of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII gathered to remember the injustices of detention camps while calling for solidarity with other immigrant communities impacted by Trump’s sweeping immigration policies.
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Photo by Mauricio Peña/Borderless Magazine

Photo by Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Investigation: Migrants Describe Inhumane Conditions At Chicago’s Largest Shelter

Just days after Illinois Gov. Pritzker shut down a proposed shelter due to health concerns, Venezuelan migrants living in the Pilsen shelter say they are being treated “like dogs.’’
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Migrants Navigate State’s Apartment Program On Their Own As Evictions Loom And Help Runs Dry

The Asylum Seeker Emergency Rental Assistance Program has helped 4,600 households move into apartments. But some migrants supported by the program could lose their homes if they can’t find work.
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Achievements and Awards

Criminal Justice 101, which I pitched and produced during my fall internship at TMP in 2024, was awarded a 2025 Online Journalism Award in the Digital Video Storytelling category.

Investigation: Chicago Ignored Dozens of Warnings of Migrant Shelter Conditions Before Child’s Death

- Won the 2024 Chicago Journalists Association's Sarah Brown Boyden Award honoring the best journalism in Chicago and Northwest Indiana (Immigration)
- Finalist for the 2025 Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting (Small Newsroom)

Associations

Chips Quinn Diversity in Journalism Fellow

2024 - 2025

Dow Jones News Fund Audience Engagement Fellow at The Marshall Project

Summer 2024

NPR Next Generation Radio Alumnus

2023

Asian American Journalists Association, Video AG Co-Chair and Membership Director for Chicago Chapter

2020 - Present

2024 - Present

Video Consortium, Chicago Hub Co-Organizer