Paul Radu
Romanian journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Radu (born 1975–76)[1] is an investigative journalist from Romania.[2] He is the co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, for which he and co-founder Drew Sullivan received the Special Award by the European Press Prize.[3][4] He is also one of the cofounders of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism.[5]
Paul Radu | |
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 Radu being interviewed for the human trafficking documentary film Not My Life (left to right: Radu, Richard Young, Robert Bilheimer) | |
| Born | 1975 or 1976 (age 48–49) Deva, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | West University of Timișoara |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
| Organization(s) | Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism |
| Known for | Investigating transnational crime in Eastern Europe |
Early life
Radu was born in Deva, Hunedoara County, in a family with roots both from the region and from Timișoara. While studying at the University of Timișoara, he started working for a local newspaper. After graduation, he moved to Bucharest, where he was assigned investigative work and also covered criminal affairs for several newspapers.[6]
Awards and recognition
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Perspective
He is the recipient of numerous awards including in 2004, the Knight International Journalism Award and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award,[7] in 2007, the Global Shining Light Award, the Tom Renner Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, the 2011 the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting and the 2015 European Press Prize.[8] In 2020 he was awarded the Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship[9] and He has also been part of the Panama Papers multiple awards winning team.
In 2008, he sat on a Central European Initiative jury to name that year's best investigative journalist; the jury chose Drago Hedl.[10] In 2009, he appeared on 48 Hours investigating sexual slavery and human trafficking in Romania.[11] He has also investigated human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12]
Paul has been selected for a number of fellowships including the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship in 2001,[13] the Milena Jesenska Press Fellowship in 2002,[14] the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in 2007,[15] the 2008 Knight International Journalism fellowship with the International Center for Journalists[16] and he was selected as an Ashoka Global Fellow in 2018.[17] He is a board member for the Global Investigative Journalism Network,[18] a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,[19] a member of the jury for the global Sigma Data Journalism Awards,[20] and a member of the Allard Prize advisory board.[21]
Journalistic Work
Radu is the executive producer of the award-winning film “The Killing of a Journalist.”[22]
In 2023, he co-founded Floodlight: Fiction in the Public Interest, an initiative that brings together investigative journalists and filmmakers together to make TV series and films.[23]
Also in 2023, Radu oversaw the NarcoFiles project, a series of investigations that revealed the inner workings of transnational smuggling gangs from Latin America to Europe.[24]
Radu is a co-founder of the Journalism Cloud Alliance, which is examining data storage costs and risks to ensure newsrooms can increase investigative journalism capacity and stay sustainable. He is a committee member of the Paris Charter on AI and Journalism which defines ethics and principles that journalists, newsrooms and media outlets can apply in their work with artificial intelligence.[25]
In 2020 Radu was sued for defamation in London by Azerbaijani MP, Javanshir Feyziyev, over two articles in OCCRP's award-winning Azerbaijan Laundromat series about money-laundering out of Azerbaijan. The case was discontinued two weeks before the trial was to start.[26]
References
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