Currently I am the coordinator of the
EIC network and teach at the University of Coimbra
an investigative clinic.
My work started with covering organized crime across borders in
România at the end of the
90’s. Mid 2015 I co-founded EIC as a
network_by_agreement between media organisations and currently I coordinate the editorial and technological projects between @mediapart @politiken @expresso @lesoir @derspiegel @nrc @destandaard @vgnett @RadioTeleSuisse @_infoLibre @reporters_gr and beyond.
I gathered an extensive work experience at the intersection of journalism, technology, activism and academia.
During the early
2000’s I was involved in the co-founding of one of the first European non-profit investigative structures,
Centrul Român pentru Jurnalism de Investigație (CRJI). Later on, as an
ICIJ member, I contributed with research, articles and management for the first large scale cross-border collaboration,
Secrecy for Sale. In parallel with my journalistic work, I was the correspondent of
RSF in Romania for two decades.
These experiences pushed me to get involved in
teaching collaborative methods and techniques at various universities and to develop
critical research about media and investigative journalism structures, first as a
Nieman fellow at Harvard and finally earning a
PhD degree at the
Universtity of Westminster.
Based on my investigative networking praxis and while looking for a way to
lower the barrier to investigative collaborations, I also started the collaborative bundle
Liquid Investigations which has been used since 2017 as the collaborative infrastructure technology for the EIC.network and its partners. I am interested in facilitating decentralized investigative collaborations across Europe and beyond, with a focus on
Eastern Europe and currently I run a clinical research class at the University of Coimbra.
In case you want to read further (my
personal research and views):
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The hidden links between a giant of investigative journalism and the US government*
Data Feudalism: How Platforms Shape Cross-border Investigative Networks* Cross-border Investigative Journalism: a critical perspective
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