''Al Jazeera Investigative Unit'' formerly, Al Jazeera Investigates, the outward facing name for journalists from Al Jazeera Media Network's Investigative Journalism Directorate.
The Investigative Unit
The Investigative Unit has bureaux in Doha, London and Washington DC. It was formed in 2012 when Al Jazeera decided to create a specialized team whose sole mission was to generate breakthrough content. The I-Unit describes itself as producing "original journalism that disrupts the global news agenda. Its mission is to speak truth to power by exposing wrongdoing while acting in the public interest."
Clayton Swisher became the I-Unit's first director following the success of The Palestine Papers and an investigation into the death of
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
. In 2018, the former BBC reporter and filmmaker Phil Rees took over the unit. I-Unit investigators generate exclusive content for platforms within Al Jazeera Media Network. This material is presented in multiple languages, visual and audio media, ranging in duration from 30 seconds to two hours. The I-Unit's documentaries have won over forty awards and in December 2019, it began its own podcast, series, Al Jazeera Investigates.
Notable investigations that made global headlines include Pakistan's Bin Laden Dossier, The Spy Cables, Inside Kenya's Death Squads, The Dark Side, The Lobby, Cricket's Match Fixers, How to Sell a Massacre, and Anatomy of a Bribe. The I-Unit operates under the codes and practices of Britain's Office of Communications, which supports the finest traditions of public service journalism.
Awards and nominations
''44th Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award'' – Journalist of the Year Award – Nominated
''Broadcast Award'' - Best News and Current Affairs Programme – How to Sell a Massacre – Nominated
''WALKLEYS '' - Investigative Journalism / Scoop of the Year – How to Sell a Massacre – Winner – Investigative Journalism – Nominated / Scoop of the Year
''FPA AWARDS'' - TV Documentary of the Year – How to sell a Massacre – Sports Story of the Year – Cricket's Match Fixers – The Munawar Files – Nominated
''LOVIE AWARDS'' – News and Politics – Karaoke Chemist – Gold Winner
''AIB – Association for International Broadcasting'' - International Documentary – How to Sell a Massacre – Winner
''NMRA Kennedy Awards'' - Scoop of the Year / Journalist of the Year and Outstanding Investigative Journalism – How to Sell a Massacre / Peter Charley – Winner
''DIG AWARDS'' - Long Investigative – Generation Hate EP2 – Nominated
''Headliner Awards'' - Cricket's Match Fixers – The Munawar Files – Third Place Nomination
''BAFTA'' – Current Affairs – Football's Wall of Silence – Nominated
''Banff World Media Festival – Rockie Awards'' – Crime and Investigative – Generation Hate – Nominated
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New York Festival TV & Film Awards
New York Festivals, are a collection of related annual arts and media awards based in New York City. The awards include the New York Festivals Advertising Awards, "Advertising and Marketing Effectiveness" AME Awards, Bowery Awards, Global Awards, R ...
'' – The Oligarchs – Current Affairs – Gold – The Oligarchs – Business / Finance – Gold – Football's Wall of Silence – Current Affairs – Gold – Football's Wall of Silence- Sports – Gold – Islamophobia – Current Affairs – Gold
Islamophobia – Religious – Silver – Cricket's Match Fixers – Current Affairs – Gold – Cricket's Match Fixer – Sport – Silver
''British Sports Journalism'' - Television Sport Factual or Feature – Football's Wall of Silence – Nominated
''Broadcast Award'' – Best News and Current Affairs Programme – Football's Wall of Silence – Highly Commended
''AIB AWARDS'' - Investigative Documentary – Football's Wall of Silence – Highly Commended
''Wildscreen Festival –'' Panda Awards – Documentary – The Poacher's Pipeline – Nominated
See also
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All the Prime Minister's Men
''All the Prime Minister's Men'' is a 2021 English investigative documentary on Bangladesh published by the Qatar-based international media Al Jazeera, alleging corruption against powerful political and military figures in Bangladesh. The documen ...
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The Lobby (TV series)
''The Lobby'' is a series of documentaries produced by Al Jazeera that investigate the influence of the Israel lobby in the United Kingdom and the Israel lobby in the United States and their relationship to the BDS movement.
First series (''The L ...
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This is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
''The Hidden is More Immense'' (Arabic: ما خفي أعظم, ''Ma khafia A'etham'') or ''The Tip of the Iceberg''
is an Arabic political investigative journalism TV series focusing mainly on the current events in the Middle East, and the Muslim ...
References
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External links
Al Jazeera Investigative Unit Official siteAl Jazeera Investigative Unit Twitter pageAl Jazeera Investigates The Podcast
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2006 television series debuts
English-language television shows
Documentary television series
Current affairs shows