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Carlos Dada

El Faro
Director & Co-Founder
A pioneer of investigative reporting and online journalism in El Salvador and Latin America, Carlos Dada is the co-founder and director of El Faro, the Central American news outlet renowned for its in depth investigative journalism. He has received the Maria Moors Cabot Award and the ICFJ Trailblazer Award. In 2022, the International Press Institute named him a World Press Freedom Hero. He is the author of Los Pliegues de la Cintura. Crónicas Centroamericanas.