The Global Muckraker

Notes From a Long-Distance Investigation

kporteous — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:44:22 +0000

May 15, 2013, 4:30 pm

Lessons from the learning curve involved in big journalistic collaborations and data projects like ICIJ's Offshore Leaks.

Release of Offshore Records Draws Worldwide Response

kporteous — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:16:13 +0000

Kimberley Porteous

Michael Hudson

Emily Menkes

May 14, 2013, 2:45 pm

The Council of the European Union calls for efforts “to combat tax fraud and tax evasion” and announces the council’s presidency plans to ask ICIJ to supply EU member states with the ‘offshore leaks’ names.

Highlights of Offshore Leaks So Far

kporteous — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:10:16 +0000

Kimberley Porteous

Emily Menkes

May 13, 2013, 6:30 pm

British tax authorities identify over 100 people who benefit from offshore financial structures, as well as more than 200 accountants, lawyers and other middlemen.

Authorities Announce Tax Haven Investigation

kporteous — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:10:15 +0000

May 9, 2013, 3:00 pm

Tax authorities in the U.S., Britain, and Australia announced they are working with a gigantic cache of leaked data that may be the beginnings of one of the largest tax investigations in history.

Data Harvest Conference: What You Missed

kporteous — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:24:01 +0000

Arthur Debruyne

May 8, 2013, 7:15 am

Some 150 investigative and data journalists and programmers from all across Europe took part in a great harvest of ideas and digital research methods.

ICIJ, Center win 3 Sigma Delta Chi Awards

kporteous — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:50:06 +0000

The Center for Public Integrity

April 23, 2013, 11:45 am

The ICIJ won 1st Place honors in the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Awards for the "Skin and Bone" investigation into the global trade in human body parts.

Learn Data Journalism in Brussels

kporteous — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:48:22 +0000

Rafael Njotea

April 22, 2013, 10:45 am

Learn how ICIJ's journalists dealt with huge packs of data in our offshore leaks investigation at the Data Harvest Conference in May.

Onshore and Offshore Realms Equally Secretive in Greece

kporteous — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:25:14 +0000

Harry Karanikas

April 12, 2013, 3:45 pm

For one Offshore Leaks reporter the data was daunting, but reporting at home was even more challenging.

¿Cómo sobrevivimos a la colaboración periodística más grande de la Historia?

kporteous — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:01:24 +0000

Marina Walker Guevara

April 12, 2013, 8:45 am

de las preguntas más recurrentes que recibimos estos días es la siguiente: ¿Cómo habéis logrado que 86 periodistas de todo el mundo trabajaran juntos?

How We All Survived Likely the Largest Collaboration in Journalism History

kporteous — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:45:29 +0000

Marina Walker Guevara

April 12, 2013, 8:45 am

One of the most frequent questions people ask us these days is “How in the world did you get 86 journalists to work together?”