About ME

Drea Cornejo is a documentary filmmaker and journalist for The Washington Post, where for the past nearly seven years, she has covered her fair share of natural disasters, social issues and the top breaking stories of the day. Years of working in fast-paced newsrooms have shaped her into a highly versatile journalist who loves to experiment with all forms of video storytelling.

She has reported on how Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling on IVF treatments put fertility care at risk, documented how Texas’s anti-trans legislation targeted some of its most vulnerable residents and told the stories of families teetering on the edge of poverty following the pandemic’s economic downfall. Her work has included many offbeat stories too, including one that involved traversing the swampy Everglades during an only-in-Florida python hunting bonanza. 

She currently leads video strategy for The Post's Health & Science desk, where she produces a mix of visual-first enterprise pieces, long-form video, scripted and reporter-led explainers and vertical videos for on-site and off-platform. 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 corgi named Slug, where you can usually find them either admiring their Florida swamp or soaking up some sun.