Julia Gavarrete

Julia Gavarrete is a salvadoran journalist specialized in political issues, migration and human rights. Gavarrete won the prestigious Ortega y Gasset 2023 award for “Best Story" for her piece “Una familia que no debe nada huye del Régimen de Excepcion” (A Family with nothing to hide flees from the State of Emergency).

She was a part of the El Faro newsroom and has also worked as a producer for several investigation carried on by foreigner media. Her work has been featured by CNN, The Intercept, Univisión and USA today. She took part in “Las Niñas Suicidas de El Salvador” (Girls are killing themselves in El Salvador), a piece that received an Emmy in 2020. In 2019, her name was featured in list “Las 19 mujeres que están marcando el futuro del perodismo” (19 Women Shaping the Future of Journalism) by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF).

Her journalism has also been recognized by the Seattle International Foundation (SIF). Gavarrete was also an IWMF Fellow, and also a fellow of The International Center for Journalism (ICFJ) and the Reporter Ohne Grenzen (Reporters Without Borders - RSF).