{"id":36124,"date":"2017-11-20T06:58:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T06:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/?p=36124"},"modified":"2017-11-22T13:27:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T13:27:55","slug":"global-shining-light-award-for-making-a-killing-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/global-shining-light-award-for-making-a-killing-investigation.html","title":{"rendered":"Global Shining Light Award for \u201cMaking a Killing\u201d Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The joint investigation by Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (<a href=\"http:\/\/birn.eu.com\/\">BIRN<\/a>) and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.occrp.org\/index.php\">OCCRP<\/a>) \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.occrp.org\/en\/makingakilling\/\">Making a Killing<\/a>\u201d, revealing a weapon delivery pipeline for over USD 2 billion is among the recipients of the seventh edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/2017\/11\/18\/investigative-stories-from-iraq-nigeria-win-global-shining-light-award\/\">Global Shining Light Awards<\/a>, bestowed by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN). Bivol is the Bulgarian partner in this investigation that brought together journalists from several countries.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Global Shining Light Awards were presented at a special ceremony at the 10th Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2017 in Johannesburg that gathered over 1,000 professionals from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The story was shortlisted along with 11 other finalist investigations from more than 200 submissions from 60 countries. This year, the jury awarded two first prizes: to the Nigerian newspaper <em>Premium Times<\/em> for investigating mass extrajudicial killings in Nigeria &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/investigationspecial-reports\/204902-special-report-inside-massive-extrajudicial-killings-nigerias-south-east.html\">Inside the Massive Extrajudicial Killings in Nigeria&#8217;s South East<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/investigationspecial-reports\/205176-special-report-onitsha-massacre-pro-biafra-supporters-coordinated-sss-operative.html\">How the Onitsha Massacre of Pro-Biafra Supporters was Coordinated<\/a>&#8221; and to the Iraqi <em>Beladi TV Channel<\/em> for its investigation into corruption in the Ministry of Education &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gyExBtez5EY\">Project No. 1<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking a Killing\u201d and the investigation by Indian journalists \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gujarat-Files-Anatomy-cover-up\/dp\/1533341524\">Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Coverup<\/a>\u201d received special recognition with certificates of excellence in investigative journalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The competition this year was extraordinary<\/em>,\u201d noted David E. 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