VALEN IRICIBAR

Journalist and editor based in Buenos Aires
Pronouns: they/elle

Welcome, bienvenides! I started a blog with the vague notion of "trying out" journalism in 2015, just before the first Ni Una Menos march in Buenos Aires.

In 2026, I'm an editor at Ojalá.mx with eleven years of exploration and experience under my belt, and I'm still learning.

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RESUMÉ

Here's a simple pdf with more details of my work experience.

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WRITING

From that 2015 blog to urging journalists to pick their dashes wisely today, writing has always been an integral part of my career.

Check out some of my work here.

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AUDIO

I decided to start a podcast in 2017, just to give it a go.

As it turned out, I love audio reporting and editing as much as writing.

So it became a specialty of my journalism MA

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"ON PAPER, OFF THE RECORDS"

My capstone project for the Craig Newmark School of Journalism about Argentina's new non-binary identity cards.

Originally published in the Buenos Aires Times and the first story on the issue in English.

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