Marina Walker Guevara

Executive Editor @ Pulitzer Center I AI & Accountability I Nonprofit media leadership

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Marina Walker Guevara is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and John S. Knight fellow 2019 at Stanford University. She is executive editor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit that partners with journalists and newsrooms to support in-depth reporting on critical global issues.

For the past 14 years, Walker Guevara held leadership positions at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a network of reporters in 90+ countries who collaborate on stories of global concern. She managed the two largest collaborations of reporters in journalism history: The Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers, which involved hundreds of journalists using technology to unravel stories of public interest from terabytes of leaked financial data.

Walker Guevara has been instrumental in developing ICIJ’s model of large-scale media collaboration,
persuading reporters who used to compete with one another instead to work together, share resources
and amplify their reach and impact.

She was a John S. Knight fellow at Stanford (2018-2019). During her fellowship, she focused on the use of artificial intelligence in big data journalistic investigations. That same year, she received the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service from her alma mater, the Missouri School of Journalism.

Walker Guevara sits on the board of directors of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and is a co-founder of the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP).

The Carnegie Corporation named her one of 38 "Great Immigrants, Great Americans" in 2018 for her work leading global teams of investigative journalists working in the public interest.

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Experience

  • Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Graphic

    Executive Editor

    Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

    - Present 4 years 7 months

    Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Global Investigative Journalism Network Graphic

    Board Member and Treasurer

    Global Investigative Journalism Network

    - Present 11 years

    Elected by the members of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) to three consecutive terms on its board. GIJN is a leading international association of investigative news outlets that supports and promotes the work of investigative and data reporters.

  • Speaker and Trainer (national and international)

    Marina Walker Guevara

    - Present 14 years

    I am a speaker and trainer on investigative journalism, cross-border collaborations, big data and artificial intelligence. I have spoken at leading institutions, including Harvard University, Columbia University, Stanford University, University of Michigan, Marquette University, University of Missouri, George Washington University, The World Bank, Open Government Partnership and Gabriel García Marquez Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano.

  • International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

    International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

    15 years

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      Director of Strategic Initiatives & Network

      International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

      - 1 year

      Washington D.C. Metro Area

      I led a new department that seeks to leverage ICIJ’s reporting network and global reach to create a more sustainable organization.

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      Deputy Director

      International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

      - 11 years

      • Managed major cross-border investigations, including Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Luxembourg Leaks, Offshore Leaks, Dangers in the Dust. These projects toppled governments, changed laws and triggered dozens of official inquiries around the world.
      • Co-led the ICIJ newsroom and oversaw the work of the data and research unit.
      • Was instrumental in scaling ICIJ’s cross-border, collaborative methodology, which involves hundreds of reporters and 100+ media partners in 90 countries.
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      • Managed major cross-border investigations, including Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Luxembourg Leaks, Offshore Leaks, Dangers in the Dust. These projects toppled governments, changed laws and triggered dozens of official inquiries around the world.
      • Co-led the ICIJ newsroom and oversaw the work of the data and research unit.
      • Was instrumental in scaling ICIJ’s cross-border, collaborative methodology, which involves hundreds of reporters and 100+ media partners in 90 countries.
      • Co-led the 2016 spinoff of ICIJ into an independent nonprofit newsroom.
      • Contributed regularly to ICIJ’s fundraising efforts, including writing proposals and pitching the organization to major donors.

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      Investigative Reporter

      International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

      - 5 years

      Washington D.C. Metro Area

      Reported and wrote award-winning stories on foreign lobbying in the U.S.; Big Tobacco smuggling; and criminal syndicates that loot the oceans.

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    Fellow

    John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford

    - 10 months

    Palo Alto, CA

    The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University foster journalistic innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership. My research focused on artificial intelligence and investigative journalism. I brought together journalists and researchers from Stanford’s computer science department to apply machine learning techniques on big data journalistic investigations.

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    Reporter

    Diario Los Andes

    - 5 years

    Mendoza Province, Argentina

    • Reported and wrote feature, explanatory and investigative stories on a range of topics, including criminal justice, environmental degradation, local corruption and juvenile crime.
    • While pursuing my master’s degree in the U.S., wrote a weekly international affairs column.

  • Reporter (Alfred Friendly Fellowship)

    The Philadelphia Inquirer

    - 8 months

    Philadelphia

    Reported and wrote in-depth features and enterprise stories, including a piece about a spike of heroin addiction among middle-class teenagers in Philadelphia and a magazine feature about Philly’s Argentine tango scene.

Education

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    Stanford University

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    Activities and Societies: John S. Knight fellow class 2018-2019

  • Missouri School of Journalism Graphic

    Missouri School of Journalism

    Master's degree Journalism

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    Activities and Societies: • Tina Hills fellowship from the Missouri School of Journalism. • 2005 Emanuel Freedman scholarship from the Overseas Press Club.

    • Published a year-long investigation that revealed how an American lead-smelting firm transferred its polluting practices to a small town in the Peruvian Andes. The story ran in the Miami Herald, Mother Jones and Colombian magazine Gatopardo and won the European Commission Lorenzo Natali Human Rights Prize (Latin America) and the Reuters-IUCN Media Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting.

    • Edited the Spanish language edition of the bilingual magazine Adelante, published…

    • Published a year-long investigation that revealed how an American lead-smelting firm transferred its polluting practices to a small town in the Peruvian Andes. The story ran in the Miami Herald, Mother Jones and Colombian magazine Gatopardo and won the European Commission Lorenzo Natali Human Rights Prize (Latin America) and the Reuters-IUCN Media Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting.

    • Edited the Spanish language edition of the bilingual magazine Adelante, published by the Missouri School of Journalism.

    • Wrote enterprise articles for the Columbia Missourian newspaper, including a piece about an undocumented community leader who immigration officers tried to turn into an informant.

    • As a researcher for Investigative Reporters and Editors, assisted investigative reporters from around the world, connecting them to resources from the IRE archive and data library.

  • Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Graphic

    Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

    Bachelor's degree Communication Sciences

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    Activities and Societies: Class valedictorian.

Volunteer Experience

  • Co-founder and board member

    Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP, for its acronym in Spanish)

    In partnership with four other female journalists, conceived and launched a nonprofit media organization dedicated to transnational, data-driven investigations in Latin America.

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    Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    Alfred Friendly Press Partners

    Alfred Friendly Press Partners is a hands-on fellowship program that trains journalists in U.S. and international newsrooms.

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    Investigative Editing Corps

    Investigative Editing Corps is a network that links experienced editors with local news outlets that want to do investigative stories.

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    Ostro

    Oštro is a leading Slovenian nonprofit media outlet dedicated to investigative reporting in the Adriatic Region.

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