Project Advisors support journalists and media teams by providing structured guidance throughout the development of their investigations. They help teams refine ideas, strengthen investigative methods, and identify the most relevant experts for their projects, while safeguarding editorial independence. Acting as experienced mentors and intermediaries, advisors offer feedback, strategic focus, and practical insight, supporting the team from proposal to project development without being involved in the research or writing itself.
List of Advisors
Dzina Donauskaite – Director of Lithuanian Journalist Center
Alex Sabadan – Partner at JNomics Media. Experience in managing complex consultation solutions for independent media
Gaygysyz Geldiyev – Managing partner at JNomics Media. Over a decade of experience in media management and development
Miranda Matrucic – Award-winning investigative journalist and the editor-in-chief of OCCRP. Based in Sarajevo, she specializes in uncovering corruption, money laundering, and hidden assets across Central Asia, the Balkans, and the Caucasus
Vlad Lavrov – Joined OCCRP in 2011 and is a senior editor for the Baltics and Eastern Partnership region. He has worked on stories including Offshore Crime, Inc., which won the Daniel Pearl Award, and The Proxy Platform
Nils Hanson – An award-winning investigative editor and reporter with over 30 years of experience. From 2004 to 2018, he was the executive producer of Mission Investigate at SVT, overseeing nearly 500 investigations
Tom Trewinnard – Director of Programs at Meedan, a social technology non-profit working on the Check project to develop collaborative verification tools and open training curricula
Jyri Hanninen – A journalist at the Finnish Broadcasting Company and has participated in multiple ICIJ investigations. Previously, he worked at Helsingin Sanomat and served as an editor for WSOY
Ali Fegan – Investigative reporter at SVT and a key contributor to Mission Investigate. Since 2008, he has worked as a reporter, producer, host, and researcher. In recent years, he has focused on cross-border investigations in collaboration with Der Spiegel, The Guardian, Bellingcat, Le Monde, and Süddeutsche Zeitung
Staffan Dahllöf – A journalist specializing in EU affairs and cross-border investigations. Originally a local reporter and later a correspondent for Swedish media in Denmark, he has since focused on investigative reporting within the EU
Maria Ridderstedt – Worked as a radio reporter for over 20 years. Throughout her career, Maria has been involved in several high-profile investigative reports. She is a member of the investigative team at Swedish radio´s news department
Rita Rudusa – Begun her career in Latvian journalism in the early 1990s. She was among the founders of the magazine “Rīgas Laiks” in 1993, but in 1995 she moved to Prague to join the Latvian editorial team of “Radio Free Europe”. She worked as a presenter and journalist until 2001, when she returned to Latvia
Nellija Locmele – She has been working in journalism since 1992. Together with a close-knit team, founded the independent weekly magazine IR, which she has been running for ten years. Has studied journalism, political science, and philosophy. She follows political developments and supports civic activism
Anda Rozukalne – Public media ombudsperson. Professor, senior researcher at Rīga Stradiņš University
Sanita Jemberga – Has been working in the media since 1996. She was a correspondent and editor in Latvia (and abroad) for BNS, LNT, Diena, IR. She currently heads the investigative journalism center Re:Baltica, works as a journalism instructor with OSCE, UNESCO, SSE Riga, Thomson Reuters Foundation, etc
Inga Springe – She has worked for the newspaper “Diena” and hosted the program “1:1” on Latvian Television. In 2011, together with her colleagues, she founded the independent investigative journalism center Re:Baltica to cover socially important topics: social inequality, corruption, organized crime, entrepreneurship, health, and human rights
Konstantins Kuzikovs – A media professional with over 19 years of experience in leading Latvian media outlets, nine of which have been managing Delfi in Latvia. Konstantin is specialized and educated in business management, development, sales and marketing
Ieva Birka – A Director of the Future Leaders Academy at SSE Riga since 2017 and a lecturer in the Politics for Journalists course. A doctor of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia