Forbidden Stories

Forbidden Stories
Formation2017; 7 years ago (2017)
FounderLaurent Richard
Founded atParis
Websiteforbiddenstories.org

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[1] and Freedom of the Press Foundation.[2]

Internationally it has been praised by the Columbia Journalism Review,[3] Daily Times,[4] Deutschlandfunk,[5] The Guardian,[6] Le Monde,[7] and RTBF.[8]

In March 2018, it received the "journalism project of the year" grand prize at the French Annual Journalism Summit[9] and was on the shortlist of the European Press Prize for the category innovation in 2019.[10]

  1. ^ "Launch of Forbidden Stories project". Reporters without borders. October 30, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "About Us". Forbidden Stories. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "A new project will keep stories alive when journalists are killed". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Marsi, Federica (September 20, 2020). "Investigation Keeps Work of Silenced Journalists Alive". Daily Times. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Investigativjournalismus – Für die Pressefreiheit kämpfen". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Greenslade, Roy (November 5, 2017). "Boris Johnson's £1m for press freedom: a small response to a big threat". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "Forbidden Stories, le site qui sauvegarde l'information des journalistes". Le Monde (in French). November 9, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "Un projet pour poursuivre les enquêtes de journalistes assassinés". RTBF (in French). October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "Collaboration Is Really Our Best Protection". Nieman Reports. April 17, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2019. Richard visited the Nieman Foundation in March, 2018 to discuss The Dapne Project
  10. ^ "Forbidden Stories". European Press Prize. Retrieved October 26, 2020.