Hazel Feigenblatt is a practitioner-scholar working in the fields of anti-corruption and media development, with a particular interest in corruption and disinformation among religious groups, gender, accountability frameworks, and monitoring and evaluation. She has a Ph.D. in journalism studies, a Master’s degree in Political Science, and a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs Reporting.

She currently leads IWPR’s journalism programs in Latin America. Previous positions include Research Director in Global Integrity (Washington DC), Investigative Journalist at newspaper La Nación (Costa Rica), and instructor at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Other experience includes consulting and advisory roles with international organizations like the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank,Transparency International, the Open Government Partnership, and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation,among others.

Publications include book chapters with prestigious academic institutions and serving as lead editor of publications about corruption, disinformation, gender and corruption, citizen monitoring mechanisms and access to information, as well as research reports with the Center for Public Integrity (States Integrity Investigation), the World Wide Web Foundation, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and others.