Alexenia Dimitrova is an award-winning journalist, OSINT expert and lecturer in journalism. She is a Member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and, together with the ICIJ team, a holder of a shared Pulitzer award (2017) for their work on The Panama Papers global investigation.
Dimitrova is the author of five non-fiction books (2005-2019) and the Guide for Investigative Journalists in Their Work with Whistle-blowers in SEE (2023). She is a co-author of the Manual for Investigative Reporting: Practical tips for a good investigation (2007) and two documentary films (2018-2019). She is also a founding member of the South East Europe Coalition on Whistle-blower Protection (2015) and a certified tutor in journalism by the BBC and SEENPM.
She has been training students and midcareer journalists around the world since 2003.
Summer School of Investigative Reporting 2025 Sessions
101 Cross-Border Sources for Your Climate Investigation: How to Research Climate in the Digital Age
Sharing practical knowledge and tools on using global open records to research climate, Alexenia Dimitrova will present a large set of useful open-source web-based free-of-charge international climate public registers, platforms and databases, which can be used for cross-border climate investigations and reporting, if local or national authorities restrict climate information.
101 Open and Hidden Places to Investigate Your Country
This session will present a large set of useful international public registers, databases and archives, equipping the participants with skills to obtain and track information about their countries despite local authorities’ or entities’ restrictions.