International collaborations have become a staple of investigative journalism. From the ICIJ’s era-defining offshore leaks - the Panama, Paradise and Pandora Papers - to the Pegasus Project, coordin...
Fergus Shiel
Fergus Shiel is the managing editor of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), based in Washington, D.C.
Fergus has overseen many recent ICIJ projects, among them the Pandora Papers and the FinCEN Files - the biggest and second biggest global investigative journalism collaborations of their kind ever, Luanda Leaks, Implant Files, China Cables, Mauritius Leaks, Solitary Voices and Bribery Division. The projects have garnered numerous national and international awards for ICIJ.
Before joining ICIJ, Fergus was editor of The Age newspaper’s internationally-acclaimed tablet edition in Melbourne, Australia. During more than 20 years with The Age, he was national editor, state editor, and chief-of-staff. He was tasked with overseeing the publication’s world coverage and he was editor of the National Times political website. He led The Age team that covered Australia’s all-time worst bushfire disaster, the Black Saturday bushfires. One hundred and seventy-three people died as a result of the fires and hundreds more were injured.
Fergus commenced his journalism career with several rural titles in his native Ireland before moving to Australia.
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