Career
She has reported for television and print news for the last 20 years, and has been producing and directing documentaries for Public Broadcasting Service and cable networks like Discovery Health and the Hallmark Channel since 2000. She has traveled to more than a dozen countries across five continents, documenting everything from the trafficking of girls in Nepal to the reproductive rights of women in Ghana. Her book, Daring to Feel: Violence, the News Media and Their Emotions, was released by Rowman & Littlefield in December 2009, and in paperback by Lexington Books in October 2010.
Regardless of the medium, Santos"s goal has remained the same: to shed light on the social injustices of the day.
As a special projects producer for Boston’s National Broadcasting Company news affiliate, she was nominated for an Emmy in 2001 for a special report on an effort to rid the city’s streets of black market guns. She is an associate professor of communications at Springfield College in Western Massachusetts.
