Segnini, Giannina

Giannina Segnini is the founder and coordinator of the investigative unit of the Costa Rican daily La Nación, where she has worked since 1994. Born in 1970, Segnini majored in mass communications at the University of Costa Rica and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 2001-2002. Using her method of data journalism, Segnini's investigative unit uncovered corruption scandals which led to the opening of criminal proceedings against and ultimately the arrest of two former Presidents of Costa Rica. Her accomplishments in investigative journalism have won her honors such as the Ortega y Gasset Prize, the Best Journalistic Investigation (TILAC) title, and a special citation in the Maria Moors Cabot awards. Segnini is a jury member of the Data Journalism Awards organized by the Global Editors Network and Google.