IDL-Reporteros
Type of site
Online newspaper
Available inSpanish
Founded2009
Headquarters
Lima
,
Peru
Founder(s)Gustavo Gorriti
ParentInstitute of Legal Defense
URLidl-reporteros.pe

IDL-Reporteros is an online newspaper based in Lima, Peru, that specializes in investigative journalism against corruption in Peru and to promote transparency with the nation.[1][2] Since its founding, the newspaper has initiated over 500 investigations throughout Peru.[1] The site has also been awarded both nationally and internationally for its coverage of investigations dedicated against corruption.[3]

History

Former logo of IDL-Reporteros

The newspaper was founded in October 2009 by veteran reporter Gustavo Gorriti, initially with only two reporters.[1][2] One of the first main investigations occurred in February 2010, with the report involving the purchase of armoured personnel carrier by the Peruvian Armed Forces at a highly inflated price later being spread through national media outlets.[2]

IDL-Reporteros assisted the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with journalistic and research work involved in the 2021 Pandora Papers leak.[4][5]

Recognition

IDL-Reporteros is a member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network,[1] has been supported by the Open Society Foundations[2] and was recognized as an Ashoka Changemaker as part of the Ashoka Fellows project.[6] Human rights organizations in Venezuela, including PROVEA and Transparency Venezuela, have expressed support and collaborated with the newspaper.[7]

Awards

IDL-Reporteros won the 2018 National Journalism Grand Prize for its Lava Juez investigations.[3] In 2019, the site won the Global Shining Light Award related to the Lava Juez investigations.[3] The Best Written Report of the National Journalism Award was awarded to IDL-Reporteros in 2021 for two articles; "The dead that the government does not count" and "The brigade of the dead".[3] In 2023, the site won the Gabo Image Award for its article "Ayacucho: Radiography of homicides,", covering the Ayacucho massacre that during the protests in 2022.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Founded 2009. "IDL-Reporteros, Peru". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 2020-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Investigative Journalists Take on Peruvian Corruption". Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "IDL-R gana Premio Gabo". IDL (in Spanish). 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  4. ↑ Shiel, Fergus (4 October 2021). "About the Pandora Papers". ICIJ. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Los 'Pandora Papers' y el Perú | IDL Reporteros". IDL Reporteros | Unidad de periodismo de investigación. 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  6. ↑ "IDL-Reporteros". Ashoka. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  7. ↑ "Organizaciones venezolanas expresan su respaldo al trabajo de IDL-Reporteros". Civilis Derechos Humanos (in Spanish). 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  8. ↑ "Investigación sobre violencia del Estado en protestas en Perú gana Premio Gabo de Imagen". infobae (in European Spanish). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
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