[alex_duf]

Hey, former software engineer at the Guardian here. Yes the news outlets are collaborating on stories too big for a single one.

The last I can remember was the Panama papers, which followed a very similar process. I seem to remember they all synchronized through the ICIJ [1], and more or less each journalist would cover their own territory / domain. Then they agreed on a reasonable date to release the news.

They shared more than just information, but also technical infrastructure to do the investigation.

[1]: https://www.icij.org/

[toptal]

So, if the ICIJ coordinated the last one, then who coordinated this one? It seems like Forbidden Stories is the main organizer though they also make it seem like “The Pegasus Project” is the organizer as well, which seems rather confusing.

[tedunangst]

You can't read the article?

> Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based nonprofit media organisation, and Amnesty International initially had access to the leaked list and shared access with media partners as part of the Pegasus project, a reporting consortium.

[Goety]

It looks like the Wikipedia page cites a broken link in concerning Forbidden Stories supporters!

[broken link #33] https://forbiddenstories.org/they-support-us/

"Prominent supporters are:[33]

Can Dündar, former Editor-in-chief of Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet

Khadija Ismayilova, Azerbaijani investigative journalist

Marina Walker Guevara, deputy director of the U.S.-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists[34]

Bastian Obermayer, Pulitzer Prize-winning German investigative journalist with the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung

Fabrice Arfi, Co-head of investigations at French online newspaper Mediapart[35]

Will Potter, U.S.-American investigative journalist