International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Description

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a global journalism organization. It produces cross-border investigative reporting on corruption, abuses of power and harms to vulnerable people. Its model persuades rival newsrooms, from large broadcasters and newspapers to small nonprofit outlets, to work together on watchdog journalism they once pursued alone. It has collaborated with more than 140 media organizations across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Latin America.

ICIJ relies entirely on donations. It does not pay its media partners, and it is not paid by them for publishing its projects. ICIJ retains a network of more than 290 trusted investigative journalists from over 100 countries and territories, built by invitation. It says it provides greater accuracy and depth through peer scrutiny across cultural and journalistic traditions, offers a layer of security to journalists under threat, and lets stories suppressed in one country appear in another.

ICIJ is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Core team members are based in the United States, Egypt, Australia, France, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Serbia, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Regional coordinators work across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe.

Its investigations include Offshore Leaks, the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, the Pandora Papers and the FinCEN Files. These involved hundreds of reporters combing through millions of leaked documents. They have led to public protests, arrests, legal reform, official inquiries in more than 70 countries, and the resignations of national leaders following corruption allegations.

ICIJ builds and maintains data-analysis tools, including machine-learning software, that it makes freely available to other journalists. It trains hundreds of reporters each year, many from poorer countries. It also contributes to conferences and events on investigative techniques.