International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Technology - our biggest and most impactful investigations would not have been possible without datashare, the research platform we created and now make available to anyone who needs to analyze massive troves of data. The software we developed is now being used by university researchers, government agencies, ngos and other Journalists working on their own investigations around the world. A key feature of datashare is its ability to search many different types of documents (pdfs, spreadsheets, slides, images, text documents, etc.) To sort information, extract email addresses and recognize names of people, organizations and locations based on their context. We use datashare to develop story ideas, to calculate key findings, to structure data, and to recognize patterns and trends that drive their reporting.research and data - icij maintains a growing repository of more than 40 million documents used by reporters and partners in icij investigations. Additionally, we provide public access to 930,000 records in our offshore leaks and International medical devices databases. Anyone can use them to do their own research on offshore companies or on medical device recalls, safety alerts and field safety notices. More than 5 million unique visitors used our data last year, viewing 16.8 million pages. That's an average of 1,918 views every hour of every day.

Editorial program - our revolutionary collaborative model redefined journalism in the 21st century. Our infrastructure, technology and expertise allow hundreds of Journalists to work together across borders to produce impactful, contextual, insightful pieces that no single newsroom could produce on its own. In 2022, our network grew to 290 Journalists from more than 100 countries who exposed global inequities on a wider variety of topics than icij has ever covered before. Their reporting exposed government corruption, money laundering and tax-evasion schemes that involved some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world. Their stories challenged the way people see and understand the world around them and helped generate badly needed reform.first, the ericcson list exposed secret deals with iraqi militants that allowed a swedish telecom giant to avoid customs and smuggle equipment into terrorist-held areas. The uber files revealed how an aggressive lobbying strategy helped the ride-hailing giant cozy up to world leaders, avoid taxes and burst into new markets in defiance of local ordinances. Shadow diplomats told how rogue honorary consuls undermine an obscure system of global diplomacy to smuggle goods across borders and evade justice. Hidden treasures brought to light shocking details about trafficked art and cultural artifacts that landed in prominent collections including at new york's metropolitan museum of art. Those are just a few of our biggest projects in 2022.immediately after russia invaded ukraine, our Journalists dug into our massive data sets and exposed shell companies that oligarchs were using to bypass sanctions. Another icij team discovered illegal labor practices used by u.s. military contractors while other reporters shed new light on mistreatment of chinese uyghurs in xinjiang detention camps. In europe, icij reporters and partners used documents to expose the inner workings of a violent irish gang of drug traffickers. Our 2022 reporting led to millions of dollars in fines, mass protests across europe, International inquiries and investigations of uber's lobbying practices, dismissals of honorary consuls and the return of millions of dollars in looted antiquities. It could be years before we know the full impact of our work in 2022. That's been the case with our previous projects whose effects still reverberate today. Icij's work is crucial to the health of democracy and to the wellbeing of people around the world. By exposing corruption, wrongdoing and inequity, we hold power to account and provide information the world needs to right itself.