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
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Deforestation Inc.
2023
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Shadow Diplomats
2022
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Trafficking Inc.
2022
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The Uber Files
2022
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Pandora Papers
2021
- Stories by Brenda Medina
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
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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
![Janet Yellen stands behind a lectern in the center of a large room, with national flags from several South American countries and a screen reading Amazonia behind her.](https://media.icij.org/uploads/2024/08/Yellen-Amazon-GettyImages-2163229955.jpg)
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
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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
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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
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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.
May 06, 2024
![Illustration in shades of blue showing a mother and child huddled on the floor of a truck trailer.](https://media.icij.org/uploads/2024/05/Cargo-trailers-Alejandra-Saavedra-Lopez.jpg)
Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s comments followed a new investigation by ICIJ and several media partners into dangerous cargo trucks carrying migrants to the U.S. border.
May 03, 2024
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A new collaboration from ICIJ and media partners in Latin America, Europe and the United States documents nearly 19,000 migrants’ journeys to the U.S. border under dangerous conditions.
Apr 30, 2024
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