Maria Georgieva is an award-winning investigative journalist working for Swedish public television’s current affairs programme “Mission Investigate (Uppdrag Granskning)”. She combines investigative journalism with data and classic fieldwork. Previously, she was based in Moscow for almost 8 years, and has uncovered Putin’s spies in Scandinavia, and Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov’s killing campaign on Chechen dissidents in the investigation ‘The Russian Hitmen’.
She was nominated for the Swedish Grand Prize in journalism in 2022 and was selected as a finalist for best investigation by the International Reporters and Editors jury (IRE) in 2023. Maria speaks fluent Russian and has reported for Swedish and international media, such as The Guardian, The Telegraph, Swedish public radio, and newspapers Dagens Nyhetere and Svenska Dagbladet. Maria also has experience working with open source data and has previously collaborated with OSINT-networks such as Bellingcat and The Dossier Center.
Summer School of Investigative Reporting 2024 Sessions
Mission Investigate at Scandinavian Public Broadcasters
Maria Georgieva and Ali Fegan will join forces to deepen the understanding of how digging in databases combined with classic fieldwork can create ground-breaking and impactful investigative journalism.
Putin’s Shadow War: How Did We Do It
Maria Gerogieva and Ali Fegan will demonstrate how Nordic public service broadcasting effectively employs data and classic fieldwork by showcasing their Case study.