Christina Carrega is an award-winning journalist, educator, and nationally respected voice in criminal justice reporting whose career has been defined by service, truth-telling, and community impact. Across local and national newsrooms, she has built a reputation for showing how laws, prosecutions, and court decisions disproportionately affect Black and brown communities.
Her career includes reporting and editorial roles at Capital B, CNN, ABC News, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and The Queens Daily Eagle. She was on the editorial team that launched The Queens Daily Eagle and as Capital B’s inaugural National Criminal Justice Reporter, she helped redefine the beat through explanatory, people-centered journalism. Her work has covered wrongful convictions, landmark trials, systemic failures, and fraud investigations with fairness and accountability.
A two-time first-place winner of the New York Association of Black Journalists’ Best Spot News Award, Christina is also a dedicated mentor and leader. She currently serves on the board of Princess Chambers Inc., is helping develop a Legal Affairs Task Force for NABJ and has supported emerging journalists through their youth journalism workshops.
A first-generation American raised in Brooklyn; Christina is a graduate of St. John’s University.