About ME
Field reporting: glamorous as ever.
Drea Cornejo is a documentary filmmaker and visual journalist at The Washington Post, where she has spent eight years reporting on social issues, health inequities, and the defining breaking news stories of our time.
Her work spans the full spectrum of video storytelling: immersive video-first packages, scripted explainers, short documentaries, and scroll-stopping social videos. She has reported on the rising rates of cancer among young people, documented how Alabama's Supreme Court ruling on IVF treatments put fertility care at risk, and captured how Texas's anti-trans legislation has targeted some of its most vulnerable residents. Her work has included many offbeat stories too, including one that involved traversing the swampy Everglades during an only-in-Florida python hunting bonanza.
Prior to The Post, she worked as a visual journalist for The Gainesville Sun while earning a B.A. in journalism from the University of Florida.
She’s based in St. Petersburg with her bratty corgi named Slug, where you can usually find them either admiring their Florida swamp or soaking up some sun.