Claudia Báez

Director, Cuestión Pública, Colombia

Claudia is the director and co-founder of the independent investigative media outlet Cuestión Pública. She is a multi-award-winning Colombian investigative data journalist and media entrepreneur. She has been certified in public narrative and leadership by Harvard University and holds a Master’s degree in Economic and Social Development Studies from the Sorbonne University of Paris. Claudia has received numerous awards for her work, including the King of Spain Awards, Sigma Awards, Inter-American Press Society, WAN-IFRA Latam, Trace Prize, and Simón Bolívar Award. In 2019, the United States Department of State honored her with the Alumni Impact Award. Claudia played a key role in creating the National Center for Historical Memory’s comprehensive database on the Colombian armed conflict. Her journalistic work has been published in Cuestión Pública, France24, El Espectador, El Tiempo, and ProPublica in the United States. Before her journalistic career, Claudia worked in multinational companies in France, the United States, and Mexico, performing commercial and financial operation analysis.