Gerard Ryle: How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in history
Gerard Ryle: 巴拿馬文件帶嚟空前洩密
As director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Gerard Ryle is one of the key figures behind the Panama Papers. Full bio
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to figure out the information
文件裏面搵出資料
had to face late last year.
calling himself John Doe
nearly 40 years of records
近 40 年嘅紀錄
Mossack Fonseca.
in offshore tax havens
who like to keep secrets.
由 1977 年到今日嘅每一張表格
every spreadsheet from this firm,
避稅天堂內幕資料嘅紀錄
into the tax haven system
to investigative journalism.
11.5 million documents,
from more than 200 different countries.
with such a vast resource?
into every corner of the globe,
any person in any language,
they don't even know yet.
to two journalists
Süddeutsche Zeitung.
嘅兩個記者
by -- and I quote --
that the documents would reveal."
唔足以處理咁大量嘅訊息
of Investigative Journalists.
that was the very opposite
to do as journalists:
reporters are lone wolves.
we tell them what we have,
that we live in a shrinking world,
一個萎縮緊嘅世界
been slow to wake up to this.
are more and more transnational.
on a global level.
crises are global.
and financial crises.
that journalism has been so late
以全球嘅目光報導新聞
that journalism has been so slow
that technology brings,
are scared of technology is this:
are going through tough times
that people are consuming news.
that have sustained reporting are broken.
journalism into crisis,
to reexamine how they function.
known as the Panama Papers
searchable and readable.
to be scanned and indexed,
and other kinds of documents.
in a safe and secure location
雲端一個安全嘅位置
to have a look at the documents.
than 100 media organizations
76 個國家嘅記者
法國世界報、日本朝日新聞
we called it, the idea being,
「記者睇返各自國家」
who was important to Nigeria
更熟悉尼日利亞嘅重要人物?
for everyone who was invited:
that we found with everybody else,
分享我哋搵到嘅所有信息
together on the same day.
之前小型合作所建立起嚟嘅信任
previous smaller collaborations
that jumped out from the documents.
嘅小型非營利組織
of less than 20 people
reporters from 25 language groups.
25 種唔同語言嘅記者加入
新聞界史上最大嘅合作
journalism collaboration in history:
what journalists normally never do,
並肩工作,分享信息
the biggest kind of noise,
the biggest kind of silence.
over the many months it would take,
但安全嘅新聞編輯部
designed search engine.
around the themes
or exotic art, for instance,
或者外地藝術品題材嘅記者
the offshore world was being used
隱暪呢兩種商品嘅交易情況
of those commodities.
could share information
were putting their image rights
國家嗰度交稅
where they plied their trade.
and elect politicians
of Vladimir Putin in Russia
David Cameron, who is linked
Ian Cameron
were secret offshore entities,
一間喺英屬維爾京群島嘅公司
to the sitting Icelandic prime minister.
we invited to join the project,
over the windows of his home
during the long Icelandic winter.
to explain his many absences,
令國家領導人下台嘅信息
the leader of his country.
and you make an amazing discovery,
to a secret offshore company,
interest in Icelandic banks --
is to scream out very loud.
that he could speak to,
a kind of gallows humor.
都係黑色幽默嘅人
Johannes Kristjansson 咁想分享材料
wanted to scream,
those screams into stories
to court records,
to those that we intended to name.
the reporters to look at the world
用一個與眾不同嘅角度嚟睇世界
from everybody else.
happened in Brazil.
the world of professional soccer.
actually had unique insights
對呢啲事件有獨特嘅洞察
and the ego dramas
嘅壓力同內心掙扎
what we were trying to do.
唔守約定提早公佈呢份紀錄
in 76 countries.
one of the biggest stories of the year.
the day after we published.
had to resign.
such as Lionel Messi,
世界上最出名嘅足球運動員
soccer player in the world.
unintended consequences.
of a Mexican drug cartel were arrested
about their hideout.
販毒集團成員嘅人被捕
註冊海外公司
in what we've been able to do.
that has broken the business model
journalism itself.
of transparency and impact.
can effect change across the world
將新方法同舊新聞行業嘅技巧
and old-fashioned journalism techniques
around what was given to us by John Doe.
將重要資料擺埋一齊
更深入更長時間咁調查
media organizations allow these days,
from just about anywhere,
battleground to defend your work.
of a story in 76 different countries.
I got a three-word text from Johannes:
發咗條短信畀我
has a new era for journalism.
350 位同你工作嘅記者,係嗎?
that applause to the 350 journalists
I would like to ask.
in secrecy for over a year
from all over the world --
洩露咗佢哋都知道嘅消息?
releasing some information
of crises along the way,
was happening in the world,
wanted to publish right away.
發生喺新聞發佈前嘅一個禮拜
was a week before publication.
to the associates of Vladimir Putin,
a press conference and denounced us,
as being, I guess, a plot from the West.
it was just about him.
around the world
都非常緊張克裡姆林宮呢件事
was going to get out.
of time they'd spent,
幾多資源、幾多金錢
money spent on this.
the last week calming everyone down,
where you're holding your troops back:
of course, they all did.
as an open database
via keyword, essentially.
對於海外世界有基本嘅知情權
about the offshore world
the underlying documents
嘅記者嘅身份檔案
such as the name of a person,
and the name of that company,
of its kind basically is out there now
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gerard Ryle - Investigative journalistAs director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Gerard Ryle is one of the key figures behind the Panama Papers.
Why you should listen
Gerard Ryle is the director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington, DC.
When journalists at the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper in Germany got hold of the documents from a whistleblower, their volume and complexity pushed them to turn to the ICIJ, which brought together 376 investigative journalists from more than 100 news organizations in 76 countries.
The reporters spent months collaborating in researching and checking the documents, using protected communication channels, bespoke search engines and other specialized tools built by ICIJ, and ICIJ coordinated the release of the information across the world. It was the biggest cross-border collaboration in journalism history. The Panama Papers resulted in resignations or political outcries in Britain, Iceland, Spain, Malta and Pakistan and triggered dozens of official inquires around the world.
Before joining as the ICIJ's first non-American director in September 2011, Ryle spent more than 25 years working as an investigative reporter, author and editor in Australia and in Ireland. He has more than 60 journalism awards from six countries, including honors from the George Polk Awards, Harvard University and the University of Liege. Reporters Without Borders has described his work with ICIJ as "the future of investigative journalism worldwide."
(Photo: Le Monde / Melissa Golden)
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