Martha Mendoza
Investigative Journalist
A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Martha Mendoza’s reports have prompted Congressional hearings and new legislation, Pentagon investigations and White House responses. She was part of a team whose investigations into slavery in the Thai seafood business led to the freedom of more than 2,000 men. And she was part of a team that uncovered a US Army massacre of hundreds of civilians during the Korean War.
Currently a FRONTLINE correspondent, Mendoza won a 2020 Emmy for “Kids Caught In The Crackdown,” about the detention of migrant children. A year later she won an Investigative Editors and Reporters award for “America’s Medical Supply Crisis...
Stories from Martha Mendoza
They Were Forced To Scam Others Worldwide. Now Thousands Are Detained on the Myanmar Border
Official Says Vaccine Expected in January, Countering Trump
U.S. Medical Supply Chains Failed, and COVID Deaths Followed
Shortages of Key Material Squeezes Medical Mask Manufacturing
U.S. Bets On Small, Untested Company to Deliver COVID Vaccine
Counterfeit Masks Reaching Frontline Health Workers in U.S.
U.S. International Aid Groups Sending Help Home
U.S. Held a Record Number of Migrant Kids in Custody This Year
Kids Caught in the Crackdown
Trump Admin Shifting to Privatize Migrant Child Detention
‘I Can’t Feel My Heart:’ Children Separated from Their Parents at US-Mexico Border Showed Increased Signs of Post-traumatic Stress, According to Watchdog Report
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