Ana Graciela Méndez

Ana is a Panamanian-American journalist and product manager at the Marshall Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the criminal justice system. In a previous role, she served as special projects editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer’s former Lenfest Local Lab, a community-centered, experimental product team that sought to improve the news experience in the Philadelphia region. Ana, along with a small group of New York Times journalists, was awarded a 2017 Gerald Loeb Award for graphics for an investigation into the construction of the Panama Canal’s new set of locks. Additionally, her interests in community news and bridging information gaps led her to co-found Nueva Nación, a digital news organization in her native Panama. Ana is currently based in Philadelphia.