Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Deutsche Journalistenschule
Occupation(s)
Investigative journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Known for
Panama Papers Paradise Papers The Daphne Project
Bastian Obermayer (born 10 December 1977) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning German investigative journalist with the Munich-based newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and the reporter who received the Panama Papers from an anonymous source[1][2][3][4][5] as well as later on the Paradise Papers, together with his colleague Frederik Obermaier.[6] Obermayer is also author of several books, among them the best selling account of the Panama Papers: The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money,[7][8] co-authored by his colleague Frederik Obermaier.
After the Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Obermayer, in 2017, helped found[9] the investigative non-profit newsroom Forbidden Stories[10] and co-initiated[11] with founder Laurent Richard the first project: The Daphne Project, dedicated to the killed Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Obermayer serves currently as Vice President[10] of Forbidden Stories.
Obermayer studied politics, history, and American studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich as well as journalism at the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich.[12]
^"'More headlines to come': Panama papers reporters – The Local". Thelocal.de. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^"How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History". WIRED.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^Paun, Carmen (5 April 2016). "Journalist at center of Panama leaks: 'Nobody hiding offshore is safe' – POLITICO". Politico.eu. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^Clark, Nicola (5 April 2016). "How a Cryptic Message Interested in Data Led to the Panama Papers". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
^"The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^Zerofsky, Elisabeth (11 November 2017). "How a German Newspaper Became the Go-To Place for Leaks Like the Paradise Papers". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
^"The Panama Papers". UK.[permanent dead link]
^"Journalist Profile: Bastian Obermayer". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^"A new project will keep stories alive when journalists are killed". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ ab"About Us • Forbidden Stories". Forbidden Stories. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^Carolin Hasenauer (20 April 2018). "Forbidden Stories: Auch Daphne Caruana Galizias Recherchen gehen weiter | BR.de". Bayerischer Rundfunk (www.br.de) (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^"The Authors 2009". Young.euro.connect. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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