Iván Carrillo
Co-founder,
Historias Sin Fronteras and En Común
Iván Carrillo is a journalist, documentary maker and producer specializing in science, the environment and the oceans, with over twenty years of experience across the Ibero-American media landscape. He has published and produced work for media outlets such as National Geographic, Knowable Magazine, CNN en Español, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Expansión, NCC Iberoamericano, and El Universal, among many others.
He is the co-founder of Historias Sin Fronteras and has directed documentary series including El futuro del planeta, 1.5 grados para salvar al planeta, La ciencia del fútbol andLa ciencia a prueba.
Carrillo is also the co-founder of the radio program En Común: conocimiento en voz viva, and serves as editor and host of the pioneering program that connects Indigenous journalists with scientists to deliver useful, evidence-based knowledge to rural communities in Mexico.
His work has received international recognition, including the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communication 2025, awarded by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)—one of the most prestigious honors in the field of science communication. He has also received the Covering Climate Now Award, the TED Countdown Journalism Fellowship, grants from the Pulitzer Center, the National Geographic Society, Earth Journalism Network, and the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.
He is currently developing transnational projects focused on marine conservation, climate change and solution-driven narratives.
