Demo Reel
2025
MMJ/News Reporter/Anchor
Maria Berrelleza Demo Reel 2025 as Multimedia Journalist, Reporter and Anchor in Chicago.
Award-Wining Special Reports
This special report is a 2023-2024 Chicago/Midwest Regional Emmy Award for outstanding achievement for an investigative-single report.
Daycare Abuse Allegations
Parents entrusted their children to a daycare center in the south of Chicago with complete confidence until they began noticing irregularities in the care provided. One mother discovered signs of physical abuse on her daughter, prompting her to file a complaint with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
The ensuing investigation led at least four workers to disclose what they considered to be negligence within the daycare, which they had concealed out of fear of retaliation. In this report, we speak not only with former employees of the daycare but also with a current employee who shares her firsthand experiences to warn other parents.
This day-turn story is a 2021-2022 Chicago/Midwest Regional Emmy Award for outstanding achievement for News Gathering - Arts/Entertainment.
Humboldt Park Sidewalk Murals
With the murals along Paseo Boricua, the artists said they want to "claim public space" in the face of gentrification that's driven out Latino residents and businesses.
Fentanilo: Enemigo Invisible
It’s a modern assassin that can be compared to a mortal epidemic that haunts our streets and targets our youth. In this four part series I investigate what is behind the production and distribution of Fentanyl and how this drug is quietly taking many of our loved one’s lives.
This is a special story about fentanyl crisis in central valley of California. I produced, edited and delivered the story back in 2021 while working for NBC Telemundo in Fresno.
This story that I produced, edited, and delivered back in 2021, is an Emmy and Golden Mike Award-winning work.
¿Qué Le Pasó a Thaddeus?
Un año después de la muerte de Thaddeus Sran, el macabro crimen sigue siendo investigado por las autoridades y las interrogantes en torno a este asesinato continúan conmocionando a toda la comunidad, mientras los padres del niño continúan tras las rejas esperando justicia. y la evidencia determina su culpabilidad o inocencia.
"Cosecha sin Frutos”
Son trabajadores agrícolas migrantes al sur de Nueva Jersey. Ellos buscan trabajo en uno de las labores de mayor importancia en el país pero se les subestima a pesar de hacer un de los trabajos con menor numero de protecciones y menospreciados de Estados Unidos.
This two-part special story became my first Emmy Award-winning work during my early years in the industry while working as a multimedia journalist for Univision Philadelhia from 2017-2019.
