Marcus is a German journalist  and co-founder of Vertical52. 

Since 2012, he has specialised in complex storytelling projects. Together with his teams, Marcus has produced numerous award-winning stories: for example, he tracked electronic waste that was smuggled into West Africa. Or a missing painting that saved the life of a Jewish family in 1938. He builds his stories with the help of innovative technologies such as GPS transmitters and sensors, which he used to make three dairy cows ‘speak’.

Since 2022, he has been conducting research from space and managing the business of Vertical52 GmbH.

Basic information

Name
Marcus Pfeil
Title
Co-Founder & Managing editor
Expertise
Satellite journalism
Country
Germany
City
Berlin
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Supported projects

DRC Carbon Project Exposes Failures in Offset Market

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Environment

KINSHASA / ISANGI - This investigation exposes systematic failures in the voluntary carbon offset market through the lens of an abandoned forest protection project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Kunstjagd - The Hunt for the Jewish Mona Lisa

  • Culture

MÜNCHEN - A painting that saved the lives of more than 30 people but has been lost for almost eight decades. A case of looted art that leads from Germany’s present right into its dark past. That is the subject of the Kunstjagd investigation, a crowdsourced hunt for a piece of art.

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