Joanna Robin is ICIJ's digital editor.
Prior to ICIJ, Jo was the digital journalist and producer for the Australian public broadcaster’s bureau in Washington, D.C. She covered U.S. politics and culture for ABC News, reporting on the 2022 midterm elections, the end of Roe v. Wade, the Jan. 6 hearings, and more.
In 2021, Jo graduated with honors from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, and her master’s project, an investigation into a troubled insurance sales firm, was published by The New Republic. She previously worked for Broadsheet and Mamamia in Melbourne, where she first studied journalism at RMIT University.
- Investigations

Swazi Secrets
2024

Cyprus Confidential
2023

Trafficking Inc.
2022
- Stories by Joanna Robin
Leaked documents suggest Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay tax on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, ICIJ media partners found.
Feb 05, 2025

Thirty-three current and former contract workers for the retail giant’s Saudi operations told The Guardian they had not been among more than 700 reimbursed for fees charged by unscrupulous recruiting agencies.
Dec 20, 2024

What is the Caspian pipeline? How does Russia profit from the pipeline? These questions and more, answered.
Nov 22, 2024

The EU’s executive branch proposed pausing implementation of the new law for one year after critics warned it could hurt farmers’ livelihoods.
Oct 08, 2024

Calls for a global minimum tax rate for the ultrarich were stymied at a meeting of the world’s top finance leaders in Brazil.
Jul 31, 2024

Thousands of pages of email records obtained by ICIJ reveal Israel Bonds’ campaign to court senior U.S. financial officials with highly personalized sales pitches and pro-Israel messaging.
Jul 25, 2024

One expert called Venezuela’s sprawling surveillance, disinformation and censorship campaigns a model for “the future of authoritarianism elsewhere in the world.”
Jul 24, 2024

The coordinated push would tax the world’s ultrarich 2% of their wealth annually, and could generate $250 billion in revenue for governments per year, according to a new report.
Jun 28, 2024
