John Otis

Otis is an author and journalist based in Colombia. Previously the South America bureau chief for the Houston Chronicle, Otis’ work has been featured in NPR, Time, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. In 2024, he was a gold medal winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize from the Journalism School at Columbia University for outstanding reporting in the Americas.

• Solving Latin America’s “Food Paradox”
• Iván Velásquez Is Facing His Toughest Challenge Yet
• “This Can Be Done”: In Honduras, Farmers Adapt to a Changing Climate
• “Esto se puede hacer”: En Honduras, los agricultores se adaptan a un clima cambiante
• School’s Out in Most of Latin America. Gangs Are Thrilled.
• “Es como un milagro”: El experimento para reducir homicidios en Colombia
• Call Now to Save Your Life: A Colombian Experiment in Homicide Prevention
• Rebirth, or Relapse? Colombia Hits a Post-War Turning Point.
• ¿Renacimiento, o recaída? Colombia alcanza un punto de inflexión tras la pos-guerra.