Anatomy of ‘The Pylos Shipwreck’ Investigation
Journalists from the Greek media outlet Solomon share their award winning investigation of the Pylos shipwreck, which caused the death of over 600 migrants on June 14, 2023.
With Iliana Papangeli and Stavros Malichudis
In this talk, journalists Iliana Papangeli and Stavros Malichudis from the Greek investigative outlet Solomon will present findings, methodology and challenges of investigating the award-winning story on the Pylos shipwreck, which caused the death of over 600 migrants on June 14, 2023. A team of over 15 journalists and researchers from Solomon, Forensis, The Guardian and ARD/STRG_F, worked collectively on the project combining different tools and methodologies, from traditional reporting to OSINT, and created the most complete tracing, to date, of the course that the fishing vessel Adriana took until it ultimately sank. The two journalists will also discuss the impact and what followed after the publication of this story: “Under the unwatchful eye of the authorities’ deactivated cameras: dying in the darkest depths of the Mediterranean.”
About the speakers
Iliana Papangeli is the managing director of Solomon. She has participated in several cross-border investigations and her work has been published in media across Europe. She has a focus on migration and the environment. From her position as a manager, she is interested in how media can create a healthier working culture in journalism. She has been nominated for the European Press Prize ‘21 and won the IJ4EU Impact Award ‘22 and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize ‘23. She has served as a jury at the IJ4EU Impact Award 2023 and the Evens Journalism Prize 2021. She has a background in Psychology and Social Anthropology.
Stavros Malichudis is Solomon’s editor-in-chief. He has worked for the Agence France-Presse and inside story, and has participated in cross-border investigations with Lighthouse Reports and Investigate Europe. His reports have been published in European media. He was shortlisted for the European Press Prize ‘21 and won the IJ4EU Impact Award ‘22 and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize ‘23. In 2019 he was selected as a fellow for BIRN’s Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence (BFJE). He has been trained in data journalism at Columbia University in New York on a fellowship.
About Us
Tactical Tech is an international non-profit organisation that engages with citizens and civil-society organisations to explore and mitigate the impacts of technology on society. Exposing the Invisible is a Tactical Tech project that develops resources, training and collaborations promoting investigation as one of the most important forms of public engagement.
This event is part of the CIJI project co-funded by the European Union.
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Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.