Web Production for Scientific American
From May 2022 to September 2022, Camilo was contracted as the Web producer for Scientific American. He produced daily news articles, features, newsletters, and all the different types of magazine issues for the storied magazine.
Magazine issues included monthly issues, PDF issues, and special editions:
Monthly Issues: May, June, July, August, September, and October 2022
PDF Issues: “Health & Medicine” for June and August 2022;
“Space & Physics” for June and August 2022;
“Mind” for July and September 2022Special Editions: “Science for Social Justice” and “Search for Alien Life”
Open Explorer expedition journal for
National Geographic’s Life at the Extremes
Camilo served as the National Geographic Society’s writing lead, content editor, and digital producer for the Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition: Everest 2019 Open Explorer expedition journal. This multimedia journal and feature had a spotlight on National Geographic’s Life at the Extremes hub, presenting the 2019 historic expedition to Everest that a multidisciplinary team embarked on in order to better understand and mitigate the effects of climate change. The team for the "Open Explorer Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition: Everest 2019 expedition journal" included:
Camilo Garzón – writing lead, content editor, and digital producer
Fae Jencks – communications lead, gatekeeper of assets and requests, publication manager
Mary Price – communications team
Beth Foster – managing editor of the expedition journal
Rolf Sjogren, Alice Gabriner, Dawn Whitmore, and Carol Woodward King – photo editors and visual wizards
Megan King – video producer in charge of representing yaks and avalanches
Sarah Bonn – visual content management and organization
Tyler Dinley – main content scout, producer embedded on the ground, and story chaser
Sandra Elvin – expedition leader, notetaker, fact-checker, and selfie-taker
Aurora Elmore – senior program officer, science guru, and lead for fact checking
Elena Studier and Alexis Bahl – note-takers, fact-compilers, and transcript abiders
Read a copy of the archived journal, here.
Impact Programs and Initiatives
at the National Geographic Society
Between 2018 and 2019, Camilo was the digital editor and multimedia producer for the
impact programs and initiatives that the National Geographic Society supports and focuses on.
Beyond Yellowstone
National Geographic Society is using a science-based approach to support wildlife-compatible landscapes in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and in central Montana.
Big Cats Initiative
Around the world, trophy hunting, habitat loss, and conflict with humans are putting big cats at great risk. See what we're doing to help.
Last Wild Places
By supporting critical scientific research, fieldwork, and the development and deployment of innovative conservation solutions, we are helping protect and restore some of the last remaining wild landscapes on the planet.
Life at the Extremes
(now Perpetual Planet)
Life at the Extremes aims to explore the Earth’s engines that sustain us by applying cutting-edge technology and robust scientific analysis from the most extreme environments on Earth.
Okavango Wilderness Project
Traveling by traditional canoes and armed with cutting-edge research technology, Steve Boyes and team explore one of Earth's last and greatest wilderness areas.
Photo Ark
Joel Sartore is on a mission to photograph every species in captivity—inspiring people to see all animals with respect and wonder, and to inspire protection for them all.
Photo Camp
Photo Camp has partnered with organizations worldwide to give youth a voice since 2003 in order to learn how to use photography to tell their own stories, explore the world around them, and develop deep connections with others.
Plastic: Source To Sea
In order to tackle plastic pollution we are leading a multi-year initiative to investigate how plastic moves through watersheds and supporting solutions to keep plastics from ever reaching the ocean.
Pristine Seas
Pristine Seas is an exploration, research, and conservation project that aims to find, survey, and help protect the last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean.
Sumatran Rhino Rescue
The Sumatran rhino is on the brink of extinction. But you can help by joining the National Geographic Society and a team of expert conservation organizations to save the species.
Wildlife Watch
An investigative reporting project focused on wildlife crime and exploitation.
Year of the Bird
Commemorating 100 years of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, nature lovers around the world are joining forces to celebrate the “Year of the Bird” to protecting birds for the next hundred years.
Radio Ambulante at NPR
Camilo was the digital producer for the Radio Ambulante podcast’s presence in NPR’s website.
TED Radio Hour from NPR
Camilo created the web builds for each segment and episode of the TED Radio Hour while he was its production intern.
