Panama Papers’ editor to head #IJ4EU fund jury
Süddeutsche Zeitung's Wolfgang Krach will oversee selection of cross-border investigative projects.
Wolfgang Krach, editor-in-chief of Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung, will serve as the jury chair of the inaugural Investigative Journalism for Europe fund (#IJ4EU), which will distribute up to €450,000 to support cross-border investigative journalism projects in the European Union.
As editor of the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung, Krach led the paper’s investigation of the Panama Papers in cooperation with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and over 100 media organisations around the world. The investigation, based on 11.5 million documents on the offshore tax activities…
