Jessica Alvarado Gamez Recognized for Groundbreaking Investigative Journalism

The Denver Post journalist receives top awards for her work on police practices and traffic stops in Illinois.

Jessica Alvarado Gamez is an investigative journalist with The Denver Post, specializing in business reporting.
She earned the 2024 Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting for her project 'Profiled: The State of Traffic Stops in Illinois.'
Her investigative work also won the 47th Annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Best Investigative Reporting and the Watchdog Award in the Large Newsroom category.
Alvarado Gamez has contributed to major media outlets, including the Associated Press, Chicago Sun-Times, and WBEZ, with notable projects like 'Lethal Restraint,' which examines police use of force.
She holds a master’s degree in Investigative Journalism from Arizona State University and has been recognized as a Roy W. Howard Fellow.