Carolina Hidalgo is a producer for Radio Rookies, WNYC’s award-winning youth radio program, where she works with young people as they report personal stories about their lives and communities.
Carolina joined WNYC after covering justice reform, social movements and immigration issues as a reporter and photojournalist at St. Louis Public Radio. While there, she reported on pretrial ankle monitoring, a campaign to shut down a notorious jail and the aftermath of the uprising in Ferguson. In 2019, she reported from the United States-Mexico border as an International Women’s Media Foundation fellow. And in 2018, she was named one of The Lit List’s “30 photographers to watch.” Previously, Carolina worked at the Naples Daily News and the Tampa Bay Times. She also volunteers as a mentor with NPR’s Next Generation Radio project. Carolina is a proud native New Yorker who reps Queens.
Carolina Hidalgo appears in the following:
Half of My Parents, All of Me
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A journey to reconnect with an incarcerated father
Friday, April 08, 2022

Imagining a world without police
Thursday, April 07, 2022

Taking a restorative approach to youth justice
Wednesday, April 06, 2022

Finding ways to feel safe as a young Black girl in America
Tuesday, April 05, 2022

How a secretive police database affects young Black and brown men
Monday, April 04, 2022

Our Feelings Are Not Our Fault: How Science Can Explain Our Emotions
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

WNYC Announces the New Class of Radio Rookies
Tuesday, July 06, 2021

A student’s perspective on the first week of school
Friday, September 25, 2020

From Quarantine at NYU, a Freshman Waits to Start the Next Chapter
Monday, August 31, 2020

Expecting the Unexpected: Graduating High School During a Pandemic
Sunday, June 21, 2020
