Daniela Arbex (born in Juiz de Fora on April 19, 1973) is a prestiged Brazilian journalist and writer, known by non-fictional books about human rights abuses.

Born to a Syrian immigrant father who fled Syria as a child, Daniela earned a degree in Communications by Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Arbex began her career in Brazilian newspaper Tribuna de Minas in 1995, where remains employed as a special reporter until today.

[1] In spite of being employed in a city quite smaller when compared to southeastern metropolis like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, she still managed to gain prestige as an investigative reporter, mostly after authoring "Cova 312" series ("Tombstone 312"), published in 2002, where she searched for the tombstone of urban guerilla member Milton Soares de Castro, a prisoner during the Brazilian Military Government whose status was unknown.

In 2010, another coverage for Tribuna de Minas about Brazilian SUS's inefficiency rewarded her with the Knight International Journalism Award.

[3] She currently resides in Juiz de Fora, with her husband Marcos and son, Diego.