Jimena Ledgard

Jimena Ledgard

Jimena Ledgard is a multimedia journalist based in Lima, Peru. She covers the environment, social unrest, politics, the war on drugs, human rights and tech in Peru, but has also reported on Mexico, Venezuela and Chile. She is a former grantee of the Fundación Gabo, the Open Society Foundation and the International Women’s Media Foundation. 

Jimena regularly publishes in international media, has fixed for PBS, National Geographic and the Deutsche Welle, and has been an on-camera presenter for ViceTV. She also recently produced "The Catch" for Foreign Policy, a podcast on giant squid fishing and what it says about the state of our oceans.

She has a master's degree in Media from the London School of Economics, which she attended as a Chevening scholar. 

https://jimenaledgard.cargo.site/