Al Jazeera Investigations also known as the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit or the I-Unit is a specialized investigative journalism team within Al Jazeera. The unit is known for producing in-depth investigative reports and documentaries on a wide range of global issues, including politics, human rights and corruption. It produces a podcast called Al Jazeera Investigates.

The Investigative Unit

The Investigative Unit has bureaux in Doha, London and Washington DC. It was formed in 2012 when Al Jazeera decided to create a specialized team whose sole mission was to generate breakthrough content. The I-Unit describes itself as producing "original journalism that disrupts the global news agenda. Its mission is to speak truth to power by exposing wrongdoing while acting in the public interest." Clayton Swisher became the I-Unit's first director following the success of The Palestine Papers and an investigation into the death of

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. I-Unit investigators generate exclusive content for platforms within Al Jazeera Media Network. This material is presented in multiple languages, visual and audio media, ranging in duration from 30 seconds to two hours. The I-Unit's documentaries have won over forty awards and in December 2019, it began its own podcast, series, Al Jazeera Investigates. Notable investigations that made global headlines include ''Pakistan's Bin Laden Dossier'', ''The Spy Cables'', ''Inside Kenya's Death Squads'', ''The Dark Side'', ''

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'', ''Cricket's Match Fixers'', ''How to Sell a Massacre'', and ''Anatomy of a Bribe''. The I-Unit operates under the codes and practices of Britain's Office of Communications,

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Awards and nominations

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Stealing Paradise ''Stealing Paradise'' is a 2016 Qatari English-language investigative documentary which exposed high-level corruption which involved former President of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen and former Vice President of the Maldives Ahmed Adeeb, produced b ...

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- Corruption Reporting Award , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , Peter Charley / ''How to Sell a Massacre'' , 44th Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award , , - ! scope="row" , 2020 , ''How to Sell a Massacre'' , Broadcast Awards - Best News and Current Affairs Programme , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , ''How to Sell a Massacre'' ,

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- All Media Scoop of the Year , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , ''How to Sell A Massacre'' ,

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Media Awards - TV Documentary of the Year , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , ''Cricket's Match Fixers – The Munawar Files'' , Foreign Press Association Media Awards - Sports Story of the Year , , - ! scope="row" , Year , ''Facebook Pages of Hate'' ,

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Award - International Documentary , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , Peter Charley , Kennedy Award - Outstanding Investigative Reporting , , - ! scope="row" , Year , David Harrison, Lee Sorrell, James Kleinfeld, Phil Rees, ''Generation Hate'' , DIG Awards - Long Investigative , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , ''Cricket’s Match Fixers – The Munawar Files'' , Headliner Awards , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , ''Football's Wall of Silence'' ,

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- Documentary & Factual: Crime & Investigative Program , , - ! scope="row" , 2019 , ''The Oligarchs, Football's Wall of Silence, Islamophobia Inc'' , New York Festival TV & Film Awards , , - ! scope="row" , 2018 , ''Football's Wall of Silence'' ,

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All the Prime Minister's Men ''All the Prime Minister's Men'' is a 2021 Qatari English-language investigative documentary on Bangladesh published by the international media Al Jazeera, alleging corruption against powerful political and military figures in Bangladesh. The doc ...

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References

External links

Al Jazeera Investigative Unit Official siteAl Jazeera Investigative Unit Twitter pageAl Jazeera Investigates The Podcast
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The Investigative Unit

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