Marta Saiz is a freelance journalist based in Spain.
She specializes in human rights, the environment, migration, drug policy, and addiction, with a feminist and solutions journalism approach. She has field experience in more than 15 countries, including notable reporting from Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Guatemala, Chile, Palestine, Algeria, Greece, and Iran. Her work has been published in El País, France 24, Público, La Marea, Revista Late, Pikara Magazine, Revolve, and Semanario Brecha, among others.
Marta has collaborated with international organisations and NGOs and has been awarded grants from Journalismfund Europe, the International Press Institute, and the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation. In 2021, she won the International Labour Organization (ILO) Global Media Award for Labour Migration. In 2025, she was a finalist for the King of Spain Awards in the environmental category with a transcontinental collaborative investigative project supported by Journalismfund.
She focuses on written journalism but also works in audiovisual and radio formats. She is a member of the journalist collectives Revista Late and Mirada Colibrí.
