The Stringer Foundation

Founded by War Journalist- Anjan Sundaram, Stringer supports & scales courageous journalism globally.

[The Stringer Foundation @stringerjournos]

STORIES OF COURAGE: María José Dugarte - Journalist on Migration, Cultural Preservation, and Human Rights

Venezuelan journalist Dugarte demonstrates the power of community-based journalism to tell the stories of communities that are often overlooked and underrepresented in mainstream media. Through contributing significantly to media outlets like @elbusTV, El Estimulo, and https://t.co/3ZUvglSBWZ, Dugarte has highlighted issues like LGBTQ+ rights, migration, political imprisonment, and human rights abuses. Her extensive reporting about Venezuelan migrants detained and transferred to El Salvador has helped connect families and bring their stories into international media, amplifying voices that are at risk of being silenced by fear. Dugarte’s approach of hyperlocal, face-to-face storytelling allows her to empathetically capture the social and historical value of everyday lives often excluded by large publications. Though her work subjects her to major risk and harassment in a highly censored and surveilled environment, Dugarte uses anonymity, encrypted communications, and limited public visibility to overcome those challenges. Her work proves her immense dedication to sharing the voices of those most affected by displacement and social fragmentation and preserving the cultural memory of Venezuela despite efforts to erase these experiences from public narratives.

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[The Stringer Foundation @stringerjournos]

STORIES OF COURAGE: Franklin Vega - Environmental Journalist on Environmental Destruction, Biodiversity Loss, and Extractive Economies

Since 1998, Vega has dedicated his journalism career to bringing environmental issues into national conversation, emphasizing how ecological destruction is deeply tied to corruption, regulatory capture, and the erosion of Indigenous and rural livelihoods. His experience working for El Comercio and Al Jazeera as well as founding Bitácora Ambiental has given him a rich understanding of how governmental decisions have lasting consequences on nature. With an approach that combines field reporting, scientific evidence, and data collection, Vega has exposed serious issues like illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, deforestation, and environmental governance failures in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Galápagos through his detailed reporting. He has served as a powerful voice for communities facing these issues, including Indigenous communities facing illegal mining, park rangers abandoned by the state, and artisanal fishers facing contamination and crime while defending ecosystems. Vega has persevered through major personal risk and the lack of state and corporate support for his work, driven by the goal to create public accountability for environmental destruction.

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[The Stringer Foundation @stringerjournos]

STORIES OF COURAGE: Juan Pablo Barrientos - Investigative Journalist on Clerical Abuse and Corporate Corruption, Colombia. Stringer Awards finalist.

Barrientos, investigative journalist and founder of media outlets like CasaMacondo, demonstrates the power of journalism to expose abuses of power in multiple areas of public life. His work, grounded in Colombia’s right to petition, has exposed child sexual abuse in the Colombian Catholic Church, illegal appropriation of land, and political and corporate corruption. Barrientos has authored three books on clerical abuse specifically, revealing over 700 priests to be perpetrators and holding them accountable through publicizing their actions. His work as a whole has shed light on a larger system of concealment that favors those in power and resulted in significant change, including Constitutional Court rulings that have expanded public access to data. Despite facing immense judicial harassment and countless death threats, Barrientos has only persevered, choosing to relocate and also studying law in order to best position himself in court. He is an inspiring example of how the publicity and visibility of journalism can challenge unequal power systems and promote accountability, truth, and justice.

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[The Stringer Foundation @stringerjournos]

STORIES OF COURAGE: Nayeli Roldán - Investigative Journalist on corruption, Mexico. Stringer Awards finalist.

Award-winning investigative journalist Roldán has dedicated her life to being a voice against corruption and structural failures in public policy in Mexico. Using an evidence-based, data-driven method of reporting, she has contributed immensely to publications like Animal Político and to investigations like Ejército Espía, uncovering scandals in sectors like public healthcare, the military, and education, as well as links to criminal networks. Her work illuminates the stories of victims and marginalized communities with the goal of incorporating those perspectives into public policy and national debate. Not discouraged by the immense risks of violence, surveillance, and digital harassment, Roldán has proved her commitment to the causes of social justice and human rights in public policy by approaching journalism with determination and integrity.

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[Anjan Sundaram @anjansun]

“Do people know what's happening to us?"

This single question makes the case for The Stringer Foundation. Journalism, at its most necessary, is not about information — it is about witness. Stringer exists to make sure that journalists who bear witness are never silenced.

[Azucena Uresti @azucenau]

🔴 La periodista Nayeli Roldán es finalista del premio The Stringer Foundation, difundido en la edición internacional de The New York Times.

Es la única mexicana entre los 25 seleccionados.

📹 @PulsoDLosMedios

[Anjan Sundaram @anjansun]

We honor the 25 inaugural finalists of The Stringer Awards 2026 who have shown courage in the face of physical attacks, legal threats, and financial hardship.

The Stringer finalists set the global standard for courageous journalism.

[Tatsiana Ashurkevich @tashurkevich]

Found out today that I've been named one of the finalists for the Stringer Foundation Awards 2026 for courageous journalism!

Big thank you to @anjansun and The New York Times for highlighting this brave group! My honour to have been selected as one of 8 emerging journalists worldwide (out of nearly 800 applicants).

Proud to represent Belarus on the international stage, especially with three new investigations coming out in the next few months! Can’t wait to share them with you!!

[Diego Enrique Osorno @DiegoEOsorno]

Felicitaciones a una periodista mexicana consistente y contundente. Una pez guía de su generación.

[borisvian1🇪🇨🇺🇦 @shababaty]

Hoy, el NewYorkTimes reconoce al ecuatoriano @TeodoroVega, editor de Bitácora Ambiental ➡️https://t.co/fqSUz41DMA, como finalista de los Premios Stringers al mejor periodismo independiente.

Un reconocimiento merecido para una de las voces más valientes del periodismo ambiental.

[Pulso de los Medios S.A. @PulsoDLosMedios]

La periodista mexicana Nayeli Roldán Sánchez apareció este 2026 en la edición internacional de The New York Times como finalista del premio de The Stringer Foundation. Hubo 776 postulaciones globales y solo 25 seleccionados, es la única mexicana y una de las cuatro personas latinoamericanas entre finalistas de países como Rusia, Siria, Sudán y Rumania.

[Radio Sonorama - La Gran Señal Nacional @SonoramaEc]

@mariaevelingd Sin duda ninguna: felicitaciones a todos los seleccionados por la @stringerjournos y particularmente a los periodistas latinoamericanos, quizá la región más hostil para ejercer el oficio.

[Animal Político @Pajaropolitico]

🔴@nayaroldan, periodista de @pajaropolitico, fue seleccionada como finalista del premio otorgado por The Stringer Foundation.

De entre las 776 postulaciones, se trata de la única mexicana en la lista.
https://t.co/tYZWnaHjVt

[María J. Dugarte @majodugarte]

¡Agradecida y honrada de ser parte de las finalistas de los Stringer Awards de la @stringerjournos!

Entre los periodistas emergentes, soy la única latina, representado el periodismo independiente de Venezuela 🇻🇪

Gracias a todos los que leen y acompañan. Surrealista todo.

[Nayeli Roldán @nayaroldan]

Insisto, la vida es tan generosa conmigo que me da muchísimo más de lo que merezco. Gracias infinitas!!!
🥹😭🙏🏼✨🙏🏼

[Leonardo Duran @leo_duran_s]

@BitacoraEc @berecordero @TeodoroVega @stringerjournos @anjansun @mejoresdiasEC @milcastillo331 @Randridley @max_bello_m Felicitaciones!
Que la impunidad no reine

[Milko Schvartzman @milkorockmar]

@BitacoraEc @milcastillo331 @TeodoroVega @stringerjournos @anjansun @mejoresdiasEC @Randridley @max_bello_m Felicitaciones estimado Franklin!! Incansable ejemplo el tuyo! 👏👏👏💪

[Radio Sonorama - La Gran Señal Nacional @SonoramaEc]

#Periodismo | Felicitamos a @TeodoroVega, editor general del portal ecuatoriano de temas ambiantales @BitacoraEc, por su inclusión en la lista de @stringerjournos, la cual destaca a periodistas independientes que cubren asuntos complejos en sus países.
El lema de The Stringer Foundation: "La verdad tiene un costo que los periodistas no deberían enfrentar solos".
Esta iniciativa busca activar un ciclo de donaciones globales para que el trabajo de estos periodistas continúe. Así, en esa línea, este sábado, 11 de abril, apareció una página entera en el @nytimes
#SonoramaNoticias

[Nayeli Roldán @nayaroldan]

Hoy se anunció en la edición internacional del @nytimes a los finalistas del premio de The Stringer Foundation, que reconoce a periodistas de todo el mundo que enfrentan adversidades para ejercer el oficio. Hubo 776 postulados y estoy entre los 25 finalistas de países como Rusia, Rumania, Siria, Sudán. Soy la única mexicana y una de los cuatro latinos. Agradezco muchísimo por este enorme reconocimiento a la @stringerjournos y a @anjansun por esta generosa iniciativa.
🧵

[El Bus TV @elbusTV]

Entre los periodistas emergentes está @majodugarte, una periodista que inició su labor informativa con nuestro #ServicioComunitario y ahora es parte de los finalistas del Stringer Award de @stringerjournos 🗞️🚍

El periodismo independiente de Venezuela siempre vale la pena apoyarlo 🇻🇪