Laurent Richard | |
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 A portrait of Richard in 2017 | |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 2004 — present |
| Organization | Forbidden Stories |
| Television | Cash Investigation |
Laurent Richard is a French journalist, documentary filmmaker and producer. He is the founder of Forbidden Stories. [1] He was awarded the European Journalist of the Year by Prix Europa. [2] He is a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee. [3]
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Forbidden Stories is a non-profit organization with the mission "to continue and publish the work of other journalists facing threats, prison, or murder." To achieve this, it allows journalists to send their work to Forbidden Stories, so other journalists have access to the material in case the original investigator is not able to follow it anymore. It partners with organizations such as Reporters Without Borders and Freedom of the Press Foundation.
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