List of investigative journalists

This is a list of investigative journalists. Only a small proportion of journalism consists of investigative journalism. However, the few who practice it can have a disproportionately large effect when their work brings attention to matters people care about but are unaware of.

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Practicing investigative journalists

This is a partial list. As of 2024 ^[update] , the Global Investigative Journalism Network currently has 249 members (most or all of which are networks or outlets serving multiple journalists), ^[1] and Investigative Reporters and Editors has over 4,500 members practicing in the US and around the world.^{[ citation needed ]}As of April 2025 ^[update] , the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists had almost 300 members. ^[2]

• Hayatte Abdou – Comorian journalist ^[2]
• Maura Ajak (born 1989) – South Sudanese journalist, broadcaster and camerawoman
• Yevgenia Albats – Russian journalist ^[2]
• Roman Anin – Russian journalist ^[2]
• Justin Arenstein – South African journalist ^[2]
• Edik Baghdasaryan – Armenian journalist ^[2]
• James Ball – British journalist ^[2]
• Carl Bernstein (born 1944) – American journalist most famous for reporting on the Watergate scandal at the Washington Post
• Fredrik Laurin – Swedish journalist ^[2]
• Sven Bergman – Swedish journalist ^[2]
• Linton Besser – Australian journalist ^[2]
• Uri Blau – Israeli journalist ^[2]
• Duncan Campbell – British journalist ^[2]
• Carlos Fernando Chamorro – Nicaraguan journalist ^[2]
• Umar Cheema – Pakistani journalist ^[2]
• Hopewell Chin'ono (born 1971) — Zimbabwean journalist whose reporting on corruption in Zimbabwe became internationally known when he was imprisoned for 45 days for it in 2020. ^[3]
• Alfredo Corchado – Corchado journalist ^[2]
• Sheila Coronel – Filipino journalist ^[2]
• Ross Coulthart – Australian journalist ^[2]
• Alexenia Dimitrova – Bulgarian journalist ^[2]
• Joachim Dyfvermark – Swedish journalist ^[2]
• Emmanuel K. Dogbevi – Ghanaian journalist ^[2]
• Steven Gan – Malaysian journalist ^[2]
• Frank Garbely – Swiss journalist ^[2]
• Ignacio Gómez – Chilean journalist ^[2]
• Mónica_González – Chilean journalist ^[2]
• Florence George Graves – US journalist ^[2]
• Stephen Grey – British journalist ^[2]
• Nicky Hager – New Zealand journalist ^[2]
• Seymour Hersh (born 1937) – American investigative journalist and political writer
• Tessy Igomu – Nigerian journalist and head of Investigation at The Punch newspaper
• Khadija Ismayilova – Azerbaijani journalist ^[2]
• David Kaplan – US journalist ^[2]
• Yusuf Jameel – Indian journalist ^[2]
• Charles Lewis – US journalist ^[2]
• Paul Lewis – British journalist ^[2]
• Bill Kovach – US journalist ^[2]
• Hans Leyendecker – German journalist ^[2]
• Gustavo Gorriti – Peruvian journalist ^[2]
• Daniel Kalinaki – Ugandan journalist ^[2]
• Thomas Maier – US journalist ^[2]
• Yossi Melman – Israeli journalist ^[2]
• John-Allan Namu – Kenyan journalist ^[2]
• Matthew Nippert – New Zealand journalist ^[2]
• Jenny Nordberg – Swedish journalist ^[2]
• Bastian Obermayer – German journalist ^[2]
• Frederik Obermaier – German journalist ^[2]
• Miranda Patrucić – Bosnian journalist ^[2]
• Jacques Pauw – South African journalist ^[2]
• Ahmed Rashid – Pakistani journalist ^[2]
• Mabel Rehnfeldt – Paraguay journalist ^[2]
• Maria Ressa – Filipino journalist ^[2]
• Gerardo_Reyes_ – Colombian journalist ^[2]
• Sam Sole – South African journalist ^[2]
• María Teresa Ronderos – Colombian journalist ^[2]
• Giannina Segnini – Costa Rican journalist ^[2]
• Pelin Unker – Turkish journalist ^[2]
• Horacio Verbitsky – Argentinian journalist ^[2]
• Marites D. Vitug – Filipino journalist ^[2]
• Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab Wilhelm – Mexican journalist ^[2]
• Marian Wilkinson – Australian journalist ^[2]
• Margot Williams – US journalist ^[2]
• Paul Williams – Irish journalist ^[2]
• Bob Woodward (born 1943) – American journalist most famous for reporting on the Watergate scandal at the Washington Post, (where he is now associate editor)

Deceased or retired investigative journalists

• Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) – investigative journalist and reformer, noted for investigating lynching in the United States
• I.F. Stone (1907–1989) – also the publisher of I.F. Stone's Weekly
• Ida Tarbell
• Paul Y. Anderson (1893–1938) – winner of Pulitzer Prize 1929
• C. P. Connolly (1863–1935) – radical investigative journalist associated for many years with Collier's Weekly
• Julius Chambers (1850–1920) — most famous for getting himself committed to an insane asylum, to be able to report from within, which led to changes both organizational and legal changes
• Nellie Bly
• Upton Sinclair
• Bill Dedman
• Pete Carey – US journalist ^[2]
• David Leigh – British journalist ^[2]
• Gwen Lister – Namibian journalist ^[2]
• Goenawan Mohamad – Indonesian journalist ^[2]
• Charles Onyango-Obbo – Ugandan journalist<ref=IeCIJ/>
• Gary Webb - American journalist (1955 - 2004)

References

1. "Our Members". gijn.org. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
2. "ICIJ Journalists". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
3. Muronzi, Chris. "Zimbabwe's Hopewell Chin'ono: 'I am not intimidated'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-20.