About
Photographs
Erin Siegal McIntyre has worked for more than fifteen years as a cross-platform investigative journalist, author and photojournalist. She studied photography at Parsons School of Design (B.F.A.) and journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she was a fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.
She moved to Tijuana in 2010 and spent about a decade there as an independent journalist, covering human rights, criminal justice, deportation and the Border Patrol. In 2020 she joined the journalism faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her current research focuses on the U.S. Border Patrol.
Roles
- Assistant Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, since 2020
- Senior Fellow, Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, Brandeis University, 2009–2019
- Investigative reporter and producer, Univision, documentary unit
- Border reporter, Fronteras Desk, public radio collaboration on the southwest border
- Contract photojournalist, Reuters, since 2006
- Staff photographer, General Assemblies 2006 and 2009, United Nations
- Photography agency, Redux Pictures, New York, since 2007
Support
Her reporting has been supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism, the International Women's Media Foundation, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Harnisch Foundation and the Open Society Foundations.
Awards and fellowships
- Robert Spiers Benjamin Award citation for best reporting in any medium on Latin America, Overseas Press Club of America, for Finding Fernanda
- James Madison Award, Society of Professional Journalists, for Finding Fernanda
- Gold IPPY Award, for Finding Fernanda
- International Latino Book Award, for Finding Fernanda
- Soros Justice Fellowship, Open Society Foundations, 2012, with Beth Caldwell and Joel Medina
- Fellow, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University
Photography
Her photography portfolio includes these series: Deported Warriors, Notes from Tijuana, The Diplomats, American Brothel, Vogue-off!, Floyd Bennett Field, Nota Roja, Guatemala City, The Federation of Black Cowboys, Portraits, "American Youth" (Contrasto 2009)