The Center for Public Integrity was honored today with four 2015 EPPY awards from Editor & Publisher — the second year in a row that four Center projects have been recognized.
The winning investigations and categories include:
- The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) won Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting with under 1 million unique monthly visitors for Swiss Leaks & Luxembourg Leaks
- ICIJ also won Best Innovation Project with under 1 million unique monthly visitors for Fatal Extraction: Australian Mining in Africa
- Best use of Data/Infographics with under 1 million unique monthly visitors was won by Who’s Trying to Influence Your Vote? Tracking TV Ad Wars in the 2014 Election
- Best Community Service on a Media-Affiliated Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors and over went to Criminalizing Kids, a collaboration with Reveal Radio
Two ICIJ’s investigations – the Luxembourg Leaks and Swiss Leaks projects – sought to pull back the veil of secrecy surrounding tax havens around the world. In Luxembourg Leaks, ICIJ used secret documents to expose the backroom deals that allowed more than 370 companies – including Disney and Ikea – to avoid billions of euros in taxes on profits they channeled through Luxembourg. The Swiss Leaks project was based on 60,000 leaked files that revealed how the Swiss branch of HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, profited from doing business with criminals and tax dodgers around the world.