Šarūnas Černiauskas is based in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he leads Siena.lt. This is the first Lithuanian non-profit organisation dedicated entirely to investigative reporting and is a member centre of the OCCRP.
He has contributed to a number of high-profile investigations, including the Panama and Paradise Papers. He played a pivotal role in the Troika Laundromat investigation, which won the Sigma Data Journalism Award in 2020.
He also investigated the misuse of EU funds by members of the European Parliament as part of an international team, and was shortlisted for the European Press Prize in 2017. He has received several national awards and was the first recipient of the Investigative Journalism Prize, established by Vilnius University to recognise his efforts to revive investigative journalism in Lithuania.
