Emilia Díaz-Struck, Venezuela, was ICIJ's data and research editor and Latin American partnership coordinator.
She has taken part in cross-border projects such as ICIJ’s FinCEN Files, Implant Files, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers and the Pulitzer-winning Panama Papers.
Díaz-Struck was previously the investigative reporting coordinator at the Press and Society Institute of Venezuela, and in 2012 was Reporter in Residence at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University and CONNECTAS.
She pioneered data journalism and investigative collaborations in her native Venezuela and has been a mentor to hundreds of Latin American reporters.
Díaz-Struck has taught summer seminars on data journalism at Columbia University in New York. She has been a professor at the Central University of Venezuela and a contributor for The Washington Post, the magazine Poder y Negocios, Venezuelan media El Universal, El Mundo and Armando.info, which she co-founded.
In June 2023, Díaz-Struck was announced as the new executive director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, an organization that supports investigative journalism around the world.
- Investigations

Deforestation Inc.
2023

Shadow Diplomats
2022

Trafficking Inc.
2022

The Uber Files
2022

The Ericsson List
2022

Pandora Papers
2021

FinCEN Files
2020

Luanda Leaks
2020

China Cables
2019

Mauritius Leaks
2019

Bribery Division
2019

Solitary Voices
2019

Implant Files
2018

Paradise Papers
2017

The Panama Papers
2016

Fatal Extraction
2015

Swiss Leaks
2015

Luxembourg Leaks
2014

Secrecy for Sale
2013
- Stories by Emilia Díaz-Struck
As part of Deforestation Inc., ICIJ reviewed thousands of pages, including reports by environmental organizations, human rights groups and local authorities, court records, green certificates databases, trade data and audit reports.
Apr 19, 2023

ICIJ spent months requesting, collating and analyzing data on honorary consuls from all around the world, reviewing hundreds who were mired in controversy.
Dec 21, 2022

ICIJ’s data team explains what it took to extract bombshell findings from a leak of personal emails, text messages, calendar items and more from the rising tech giant.
Sep 27, 2022

The Offshore Leaks Database spans five different leaks, and now includes information on offshore companies, foundations and trusts from seven offshore service providers from ICIJ’s latest investigation on the use of tax havens.
May 03, 2022

The Offshore Leaks Database spotlights vital new information on the covert financial activities of oligarchs, bankers and politicians as waves of Western sanctions target Putin loyalists.
Apr 11, 2022

What sort documents were leaked? Will ICIJ publish the Ericsson List files? Who was in the data? Frequently asked questions about the Ericsson List investigation, answered.
Feb 27, 2022

Will ICIJ publish the Pandora Papers data? What's the difference between Pandora and Panama Papers? We answer some of the most frequently-asked questions about our investigation.
Oct 19, 2021

The Pandora Papers’s 11.9 million records arrived from 14 different offshore services firms in a jumble of files and formats – even ink-on-paper – presenting a massive data-management challenge
Oct 03, 2021
