Delphine Reuter, Belgium, is ICIJ’s head of data and research.

As Data Editor, she leads the team whose findings underpin ICIJ’s groundbreaking investigative work. Before joining ICIJ, Delphine worked as a freelance journalist on a number of cross-border investigations. She has also worked as a researcher for environmental organisations in Brussels, covering topics from shipbreaking in South Asia to the pollution generated from pig farms in Europe.

Delphine has taught journalism basics and investigative journalism techniques at IHECS (Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales), where she also developed life-long training courses in investigative journalism. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York, which she attended as a Fulbright grantee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Journalismfund Europe (since 1 March 2021), a Brussels-based organisation focused on supporting and strengthening investigative journalism in Europe through grants and training.

Delphine Reuter

Basic information

Name
Delphine Reuter
Title
Data Journalist
Expertise
financial crime, environmental crime, migration, data journalism
Country
Belgium
City
Brussels
Website

Supported projects

Catching the real pirates

  • Exploitation
  • Fishing industry
  • Trafficking

CAPE TOWN - A number of fishing companies are flouting international law, exploiting workers, and over-fishing, thus stripping vulnerable countries of a vital food source.

The MEPs Project: the ghost offices of MEPs

  • Data Journalism
  • Politics

BRUSSELS - In an unprecedented EU-wide collaborative effort, the journalists from "The MEPs Project" located in every member state investigated how members of the European Parliament (MEPs) make use of the general expenses payments they receive every month. 

The Criminal Migrant Shipping Network

  • Migration

Smugglers, some of them organised in networks, are profiting from migrants’ despair by selling them their services, making a fortune in the process and fueling their criminal enterprise with cash.

Pulp fiction: Chinese tomato puree, made in Italy

  • Agriculture
  • Environment

SALERNO - A great amount of capital is invested in agriculture and gains juicy but illegal returns. Nearly one in three 'Made in Italy'-labeled goods sold in Italy or exported elsewhere are produced with non-Italian products.