Journalists

Wies Wilems (°1985) is a freelance journalist who writes for MO* Magazine, amongst others. He studied Germanic languages and Conflict & Development (UGent), and took the investigative journalism course Internationale Researchjournalistiek (Thomas More Mechelen).

Wil Crisp is a freelance journalist that has worked for news organisations including Bloomberg, The Times, The Independent, the BBC, Sky News and The Guardian.

Willem De Bock is a Belgian investigative journalist.

Willem De Maeseneer is a Belgian journalist.

Willem Staes (° 1990) is Middle East policy officer for the Belgian NGO 11.11.11.

William de Bruijn is a senior researcher at VPRO Broadcast Company (The Netherlands).

Wim Van den Eynde (1966) is Belgian television journalist for Pano (CANVAS, VRT).

Wojciech Ciesla (Poland) is member of Investigate Europe team.

Wouter Elsen is a video- and photo journalist living in Leuven, Belgium. For 2 years, he lived in Burkina Faso.

Xander Stockmans is a Belgian photographer,

Yaffa Fredrick is Series Editor for the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism.

Donetsk-based Yana Tkachenko has been working in various print and online publications in Ukraine, including as a journalist, proof-reader and chief editor of a newspaper.

Yann Bertrand is a Belgian freelance photographer.

Yann Verbeke is a Belgian documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Brussels.

Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou is a freelance journalist based in Athens.

Yemisi Akinbobola is a Nigerian media entrepreneur, academic, and co-winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 in sports reporting.

Youri van der Weide is an independent open-source investigator and trainer. 

Zach Campbell is a journalist based in Barcelona, Spain.

Zaza Bertrand is a Belgian photographer based in Ghent, Belgium.

Zecharias Getahun is an Ethiopian freelance journalist who lives in Addis Abeba.

Zekirja Shabani is a Kosovo journalist.

Zelfa Madhloum is an Iraqi born in Belgium. She studied journalism and accompanied journalist Pieter Stockmans to Lebanon for his project “tussen vrijheid en geluk” to interview Syrian refugees. In 2013 she first visited her country of origin about which she published the series 'Between Antwerp and Bagdad' in Gazet van Antwerpen. Her documentary about Iraq was broadcast on 31 August 2013 on Canvas.

Zeynep Sentek is a Turkish academic and freelance journalist specialising in investigations, human rights, workers' rights, and military issues.

Zoltán Sipos is a Hungarian journalist living in Romania.

Zübeyir Koçulu is a freelance investigative journalist currently based in Athens.