Brenda Medina is an investigative reporter for ICIJ.
Prior to joining ICIJ in 2021, she was a senior reporting fellow at ProPublica, in New York. Before that, Brenda worked for the Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald, where she reported in English and Spanish. At the Herald, she covered local government and immigration and worked on investigations about public corruption, housing and labor issues.
Brenda is from the Dominican Republic. She studied journalism and international studies at the University of South Florida and Hillsborough Community College, in Tampa, Florida.
- Investigations
Deforestation Inc.
2023
Shadow Diplomats
2022
Trafficking Inc.
2022
The Uber Files
2022
Pandora Papers
2021
- Stories by Brenda Medina
Fifty-six people died and more than 100 were injured when a truck smuggling migrants overturned on a Mexican highway in 2021.
Dec 23, 2024
Canadian lawmakers say they’ve been “played for suckers” by Paper Excellence owner Jackson Wijaya, who continues to claim that the Canadian company operates independently of his family’s Indonesian business, Asia Pulp & Paper.
Nov 26, 2024
The vote clears the way for U.N. member states negotiate a historic framework to tackle international tax dodging and curb tax-related illicit financial flows.
Aug 23, 2024
A group of six countries has agreed to work together to shut down money laundering operations tied to logging, mining and wildlife harvesting wreaking havoc on the rainforest.
Aug 05, 2024
The tax agency, once beleaguered by budget cuts, has sought to use an influx of funding under the Biden administration to boost enforcement of tax laws on the rich and large corporations.
Jul 16, 2024
Nonprofit Oxfam America had sought to encourage Chevron and others to publicly report additional details about their business operations around the world.
Jun 25, 2024
The founder of Armando.Info said he fears for the safety of his reporters in Venezuela after the country's attorney general publicly attacked the outlet ahead of a new documentary on government corruption.
May 09, 2024
News outlets from across Latin America, the U.S. and Europe worked together to publish multiple stories on the illegal and sometimes deadly use of cargo trucks to smuggle thousands of people.