List of investigative journalists
 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (February 2024) |
This is a list of investigative journalists. Only a small proportion of journalism consists of investigative journalism. However, the few who practice it can have a disproportionately large effect when their work brings attention to matters people care about but are unaware of.
Practicing investigative journalists
[edit]This is a partial list. As of 2024[update], the Global Investigative Journalism Network currently has 249 members (most or all of which are networks or outlets serving multiple journalists),[1] and Investigative Reporters and Editors has over 4,500 members practicing in the US and around the world.[citation needed] As of April 2025[update], the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists had almost 300 members.[2]
- Hayatte Abdou – Comorian journalist[2]
- Maura Ajak (born 1989) – South Sudanese journalist, broadcaster and camerawoman
- Yevgenia Albats – Russian journalist[2]
- Roman Anin – Russian journalist[2]
- Justin Arenstein – South African journalist[2]
- Edik Baghdasaryan – Armenian journalist[2]
- James Ball – British journalist[2]
- Carl Bernstein (born 1944) – American journalist most famous for reporting on the Watergate scandal at the Washington Post
- Fredrik Laurin – Swedish journalist[2]
- Sven Bergman – Swedish journalist[2]
- Linton Besser – Australian journalist[2]
- Uri Blau – Israeli journalist[2]
- Duncan Campbell – British journalist[2]
- Carlos Fernando Chamorro – Nicaraguan journalist[2]
- Umar Cheema – Pakistani journalist[2]
- Hopewell Chin'ono (born 1971) — Zimbabwean journalist whose reporting on corruption in Zimbabwe became internationally known when he was imprisoned for 45 days for it in 2020.[3]
- Alfredo Corchado – Corchado journalist[2]
- Sheila Coronel – Filipino journalist[2]
- Ross Coulthart – Australian journalist[2]
- Alexenia Dimitrova – Bulgarian journalist[2]
- Joachim Dyfvermark – Swedish journalist[2]
- Emmanuel K. Dogbevi – Ghanaian journalist[2]
- Steven Gan – Malaysian journalist[2]
- Frank Garbely – Swiss journalist[2]
- Ignacio Gómez – Chilean journalist[2]
- Mónica_González – Chilean journalist[2]
- Florence George Graves – US journalist[2]
- Stephen Grey – British journalist[2]
- Nicky Hager – New Zealand journalist[2]
- Seymour Hersh (born 1937) – American investigative journalist and political writer
- Tessy Igomu – Nigerian journalist and head of Investigation at The Punch newspaper
- Khadija Ismayilova – Azerbaijani journalist[2]
- David Kaplan – US journalist[2]
- Yusuf Jameel – Indian journalist[2]
- Charles Lewis – US journalist[2]
- Paul Lewis – British journalist[2]
- Bill Kovach – US journalist[2]
- Hans Leyendecker – German journalist[2]
- Gustavo Gorriti – Peruvian journalist[2]
- Daniel Kalinaki – Ugandan journalist[2]
- Thomas Maier – US journalist[2]
- Yossi Melman – Israeli journalist[2]
- John-Allan Namu – Kenyan journalist[2]
- Matthew Nippert – New Zealand journalist[2]
- Jenny Nordberg – Swedish journalist[2]
- Bastian Obermayer – German journalist[2]
- Frederik Obermaier – German journalist[2]
- Miranda Patrucić – Bosnian journalist[2]
- Jacques Pauw – South African journalist[2]
- Ahmed Rashid – Pakistani journalist[2]
- Mabel Rehnfeldt – Paraguay journalist[2]
- Maria Ressa – Filipino journalist[2]
- Gerardo_Reyes_ – Colombian journalist[2]
- Sam Sole – South African journalist[2]
- María Teresa Ronderos – Colombian journalist[2]
- Giannina Segnini – Costa Rican journalist[2]
- Pelin Unker – Turkish journalist[2]
- Horacio Verbitsky – Argentinian journalist[2]
- Marites D. Vitug – Filipino journalist[2]
- Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab Wilhelm – Mexican journalist[2]
- Marian Wilkinson – Australian journalist[2]
- Margot Williams – US journalist[2]
- Paul Williams – Irish journalist[2]
- Bob Woodward (born 1943) – American journalist most famous for reporting on the Watergate scandal at the Washington Post, (where he is now associate editor)
Deceased or retired investigative journalists
[edit]- Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) – investigative journalist and reformer, noted for investigating lynching in the United States
- I.F. Stone (1907–1989) – also the publisher of I.F. Stone's Weekly
- Ida Tarbell
- Paul Y. Anderson (1893–1938) – winner of Pulitzer Prize 1929
- C. P. Connolly (1863–1935) – radical investigative journalist associated for many years with Collier's Weekly
- Julius Chambers (1850–1920) — most famous for getting himself committed to an insane asylum, to be able to report from within, which led to changes both organizational and legal changes
- Nellie Bly
- Upton Sinclair
- Bill Dedman
- Pete Carey – US journalist[2]
- David Leigh – British journalist[2]
- Gwen Lister – Namibian journalist[2]
- Goenawan Mohamad – Indonesian journalist[2]
- Charles Onyango-Obbo – Ugandan journalist[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Members". gijn.org. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl "ICIJ Journalists". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ Muronzi, Chris. "Zimbabwe's Hopewell Chin'ono: 'I am not intimidated'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-20.