Nils Hanson is an awarded freelance investigative editor for and former editor-in-chief of Swedish public broadcaster SVT’s Mission Investigate.

Nils was a juror for our European Cross-border grants from 2015 to 2019. Read here an interview with Nils about his time as a juror for Journalismfund Europe.

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Basic information

Name
Nils Hanson
Title
Investigative editor
Country
Sweden
City
Stockholm
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Nils Hanson
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Mentor for

The Cost of Water

  • Environment

SOTK/KVESHI - This project exposes the pressing water challenges in the neighboring South Caucasian countries - post-war Armenia, and conflict-impacted Georgia.

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The Gambling Network: The world of Illegal Online Casinos

  • Organised crime

VIENNA - An investigation has revealed that individuals within the global gambling industry are knowingly breaking national laws. Leaked documents show how illegal online casinos exploit gambling addicts and evade detection by the authorities in Europe.

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The Silent Threat of Untreated Wastewater

  • Environment
  • Healthcare
  • Industry

TBILISI / YEREVAN / ODESA / KHERSON –  The Silent Threat of Untreated Wastewater investigates the growing public health and environmental crisis caused by untreated wastewater in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine.

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The Way to Damascus

  • Corruption
  • Migration

STOCKHOLM - In Sweden there are more than 200,000 Syrians. They are considered to be the largest immigrant Arabic-speaking community in that country. The Swedish tourist bureaus provide services to transport a large number of Syrians to their home countries.

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Tripoli’s Wastewater Treatment Plant: It Took 120 Mln Eur And Two Decades

  • Corruption
  • Environment

TRIPOLI — The investigation looks into the blocks and obstacles that still prevent the expensive wastewater treatment facility in Lebanon from proper functioning.

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