Mar Cabra

Data journalist; co-founder of The Self-Investigation

She led the technology and data work behind the Panama Papers, helping turn 11.5 million files into material hundreds of reporters could investigate together. The team's infrastructure enabled secure document searches and reconstruction of offshore company networks, preventing the leak's scale from overwhelming specific findings. Her contribution demonstrates that exposing financial secrecy requires both reporters and tools for systematic examination of evidence. She also co-founded The Self-Investigation, connecting media independence with working conditions, wellbeing and responsible technology use rather than treating exhaustion as an unavoidable price of rigorous journalism.