Evelio Contreras is an award-winning producer, photographer and editor for CNN in New York. His multimedia work for cnn.com focuses on personal stories. He is part of a 3-person climate change unit with correspondent Bill Weir, which won an Emmy in 2022 for a project called “Eating Planet Earth: The Future of Food.” Evelio’s work on “The Hidden Workforce,” an immigration documentary for CNN, was recognized with a Peabody in 2019.

His online video storytelling work at The Roanoke Times, the Las Vegas Sun and The Washington Post has received recognition from national organizations including the Capital Emmys, National Press Photographers Association, Online News Association and Harvard’s Nieman Storyboard. His work at CNN has been recognized by Covering Climate Now, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Editor and Publisher and the NPPA.

Born in Texas, Evelio is a border-town kid at heart and the son of migrant workers. He sees his travels and journeys across the U.S. as continuing the same story that his parents began: building a better life for folks that he meets and considers like family along the way.