In an increasingly hostile media landscape, it is essential for journalists to have the tools, training, and support needed to stay safe. This session will explore innovative strategies and solutions ...
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Pavla Holcova
founder investigace.cz
Based in Prague, Pavla Holcová is an investigative journalist and founder of investigace.cz. She is also an OCCRP regional editor for Central Europe. She has contributed to major cross-border projects such as the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, the Russian Laundromat, and the Azerbaijani Laundromat. Together with her colleague Ján Kuciak, she exposed ties between the Slovak government and Italian mafia. She has also investigated massive illegal arms sales to Syria during the war, explored links between the global cocaine trade and Balkan organized crime groups, and identified illegal real-estate investments by politicians.
In 2016, Pavla was selected among a hundred New Europe changemakers and a hundred people changing Central and Eastern Europe for the better, in 2018 she was selected for the European Young Leaders initiative, and in 2021 she won the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award.
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The media industry has been in crisis for a number of years, but some journalists aren’t waiting for legacy organizations to fix it—they're building their own newsrooms, organizations, platforms, ...
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20 april 2023
Getting ahead of the bad guys: what journalists need to know to keep up with organized crime’s 2023 playbook
Paul and Pavla are back again this year, highlighting what’s new and noteworthy in investigating organized crime in 2023. Joining them is Stevan Dojcinovic. High level criminals have designed future...
The structure of organized crime has improved significantly over the last few decades and journalists have only started to understand the reach of transnational criminals in the last five years. In th...
Organized crime groups and corrupt politicians see the world as their playground. They use national and international financial infrastructure to bypass regulation in order to launder vast amounts of ...
Technology has had a massive impact on journalists' ability to carry out investigative work like never before. This panel will delve into the experiences of journalism leaders from diverse European ne...