Hans Leyendecker, Germany, has been a political editor and columnist at the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung since 1997.
Hans Leyendecker, Germany
Leyendecker established himself as one of Germany’s premier investigative journalists in an 18-year career with the influential weekly newsmagazine Der Spiegel, breaking stories on illegal campaign finances, political connections to weapons deals, and plutonium smuggling. For his probe into the tax evasion of the father of German tennis star Steffi Graf, Leyendecker received death threats from adoring Graf fans. Leyendecker has written books on the Graf tax evasion affair, German weapons exports to Iraq before the Gulf War, and euthanasia in Germany. Before leaving Der Spiegel, Leyendecker had been special projects editor. At the mass circulation Süddeutsche Zeitung, Leyendecker has sought to bring more in-depth, “weekly style” investigations to the daily newspaper. In 2000, Leyendecker co-authored a 600-page investigation the illicit financial dealings of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, titled Helmut Kohl, die Macht und das Geld (Helmut Kohl: The Power and the Money).
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Sam Smyth, Ireland, is an investigative reporter and columnist for the Irish Independent and Sunday Tribune newspapers.
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Sam Smyth, Ireland, is an investigative reporter and columnist for the Irish Independent and Sunday Tribune newspapers.
- Australia
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Marian Wilkinson, Australia, is the former deputy editor and national affairs editor of the country's largest daily newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Marian Wilkinson, Australia, is the former deputy editor and national affairs editor of the country's largest daily newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Angel Paez, Peru, is the founder of Peru's first investigative reporting team and has been working as its director at La Republica since 1990, exposing government corruption, international drug trafficking, and clandestine warfare.
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Angel Paez, Peru, is the founder of Peru's first investigative reporting team and has been working as its director at La Republica since 1990, exposing government corruption, international drug trafficking, and clandestine warfare.
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Gwen Lister, Namibia, a journalist for 25 years, founded The Namibian in 1985 during apartheid colonialism in the country.
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Gwen Lister, Namibia, a journalist for 25 years, founded The Namibian in 1985 during apartheid colonialism in the country.
- India
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Rakesh Kalshian, India, is a former reporter for the weekly magazine Outlook India where he focused on the environment, a beat he has covered since 1991.
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Rakesh Kalshian, India, is a former reporter for the weekly magazine Outlook India where he focused on the environment, a beat he has covered since 1991.
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Catherine Gicheru, Kenya, is the chief of the Mombasa bureau of The Nation group of newspapers.
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Catherine Gicheru, Kenya, is the chief of the Mombasa bureau of The Nation group of newspapers.
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Florence George Graves, United States, is a resident scholar at Brandeis University and an award-winning journalist whose work has led to more than a dozen U.S. congressional hearings and government probes, several reforms in public policy, and widespread media coverage.
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Florence George Graves, United States, is a resident scholar at Brandeis University and an award-winning journalist whose work has led to more than a dozen U.S. congressional hearings and government probes, several reforms in public policy, and widespread media coverage.
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