Experience

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Editor

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Global Investigative Journalism Network

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member and Treasurer

  • 2013 - Present

  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. 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.



Marina Walker Guevara

• Speaker and Trainer (national and international)

  • 2010 - Present

  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. 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)

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Strategic Initiatives & Network

  • 2019 - Jan 2020

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

• Deputy Director

  • 2008 - Jul 2019

  • 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.

• Investigative Reporter

  • 2005 - 2010

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



John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

  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. 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.



Diario Los Andes

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • 1998 - 2003

  • 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. • 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.



The Philadelphia Inquirer

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Reporter (Alfred Friendly Fellowship)

  • May 2002 - Dec 2002

  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. 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.