Emmanuel Martinez is an investigative data reporter for The Washington Post, where he uses data, statistics and programming to tell stories. While at The Post, he has examined the role that the U.S. government, in collaboration with the Catholic Church, played in removing Native American children from their homes and placing them into boarding schools in the 1900s. He has also reported on child labor, self-driving vehicles and housing issues.
Before joining The Post, Martinez worked at The Markup and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting in a similar role. His work there examined access to homeownership and mortgage discrimination, where he analyzed millions of housing records to prove that people of color were being routinely denied mortgages.
His work has garnered awards such as The Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award, The George Foster Peabody Award, and The Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. In 2019, he was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting.
His work has garnered awards such as The Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award, The George Foster Peabody Award, and The Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting. In 2019, he was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting.