Last February, our team organized workshops in Mexico City, in one of the most dangerous countries to work as a journalist. These training sessions enabled reporters:
✅ to familiarize themselves with the #SafeBoxNetwork , a mechanism that helps them secure their sensitive…

At the International journalism festival in Perugia I spoke about how #Rwanda & #Kagame target human rights advocates by using tools like #pegasus spyware, kidnapping & torture.

Thank you Agnes Callamard, Laurent Richard #ijf24 WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS

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Nice to see the work of Forbidden Stories on #PegasusProject and #StoryKillers picked up and quoted by the Belgian Senaat - Sénat in a report on foreign interference voted today. #Impact @knack Le Soir

🔴 Join us for an interview with Dmitry Muratov, Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief. How does he persevere in the face of Russia’s blatant censorship? What is his vision for journalism in a post-Navalny world? Has he re-considered exile? Don’t miss out on his thought-provoking…

You couldn’t make it to Perugia’s International Journalism Festival? We’ve got your back! You can watch Forbidden Stories’ co-organized panels live on journalism festival YouTube Channel :
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🔴 We’re proud to announce that we’re part of the Journalism Cloud Alliance, an initiative by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Global Forum for Media Development #MediaDev! It will help democratize access to data storage and processing capacity by promoting collaboration between journalists.

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🇨🇴 A year ago, we published the #RafaelProject with 32 other media outlets, revealing an embezzlement of public contracts and illegal mining activities in Córdoba. To Rafael’s killers: you were wrong. With the simultaneous publication of this project we reached more than 37…

🗣️ Join us next week for a passionate talk about the cross-border and collaborative approach!

👉 In a panel moderated by Bruce Shapiro, Laurent Richard will discuss the challenges journalism faces today and how we can overcome them with Asia Balluffier and Hoda Osman.

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Did you miss our latest newsletter? Find out more about our exciting event line-up, how we investigate #corruption , and the role of the #SafeBoxNetwork in protecting a sensitive story in Mexico.

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Don’t miss out on the second panel co-organised by Forbidden Stories during Perugia’s 2024 journalism festival.

What? A panel about “Three years after the #PegasusProject , is regulation in sight or further away than ever?”
When? April 20th, 2024
Where? Auditorium San Francesco al Prato,…

In less than a month, you will have the opportunity to join a discussion co-organised by Forbidden Stories and featuring some of the best reporters around the world.

What? A panel about “How can we pursue the investigations of silenced journalists?”
When? April 19th, 2024
Where? Sala…

🗣Thank you Columbia Global Paris Center for inviting us to discuss about #TheBakuConnection with Karina Chabour and Roméo Langlois F24. We had a captivating debate about the role of collaborative journalism in publishing the stories of journalists who have been silenced and the impact of working on a…

🎙️« After Navalny: What more can we do to protect anti-corruption activists and journalists? »

At #GACIF , Laurent Richard, alongside Cynthia Gabriel, Eka Gigauri & Julia Wallace, emphasized the need to protect journalists who face threats while investigating.

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🗞️ 'Les journalistes n’ont pas vocation à servir les intérêts personnels, économiques ou politiques des actionnaires de leur média.'

Face aux atteintes répétées à la liberté de la presse, Forbidden Stories signe aujourd'hui la lettre ouverte des rédactions et médias adressée à…

As Alexeï Navalny's death reminds us, corruption has become one of the most sensitive topic to report on as a journalist today.

To face global crimes, we need a global network: as a journalist who has worked collaboratively to disclose corruption on a global scale,…

Save the date and get ready to learn more about Forbidden Stories' mission and investigations during journalism festival.

📍Perugia, Italy
🗓️ April 19 and 20, 2024

Stay tuned for more information about the panelists in the coming weeks!

At a time when misinformation grows, and governments target reporters through surveillance mechanisms such as the #Pegasus spyware, this op-ed by Renate Schroeder is a must-read for anyone interested in the news industry and the challenges it encounters today.