Laura Scofield

Laura Scofield is a reporter at Agência Pública. She graduated from the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP) with research on undocumented migration of Brazilians to the United States. She joined Agência Pública in March 2020 as an intern in the politics and social media department. Since 2022, she has been a reporter for the Brasília department. Her work has received awards such as the 2024 Javier Valdez Latin American Investigative Journalism Award, the 2020 Roche Health Journalism Award, the 12th Fernando Pacheco Jordão Young Journalist Award, and the 2021 Intercom Sudeste Award.