Jared Ryle
Executive Director, ICIJ. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Gerard Ryle coordinates cross-border reporting networks exposing global tax evasion, money laundering, and corruption, having led the worldwide Panama Papers investigation. Prior to leading the ICIJ, he worked as an investigative reporter in Ireland and Australia and wrote Firepower: The Most Spectacular Fraud in Australian History.
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1appearances
12statements
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67%fully supported
Everything Jared Ryle said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
ICIJ uncovered $20 billion in offshore wealth linked to Vladimir Putin's associate
“Yeah, arguably the biggest story that came out of the Panama Papers was that we found about twenty billion dollars that was being funneled through offshore companies, That was linked to a guy in Russia who was the godfather of Vladimir Putin's child. And here …”
ICIJ's Russian reporters fled Russia before publishing their Vladimir Putin investigation
“I know our Russian reporters, before we published that story in Putin, had left the country. So when we published, they weren't there. They did go back afterwards. Journalists are putting their lives in danger in some cases.”
Synchronized global news drops force rival media outlets to drive story momentum
“I can tell you, when you publish simultaneously in 76 countries on the same day at the same time, it's like an explosion, you know, because then all of their rivals have to catch up, and so they're all jumping in, and you get this Great momentum on a story tha…”
Investigative reporting projects should be selected based on potential real-world impact
“And the third question, which is a little bit controversial again for journalists, is can we get a result from publishing the story? So if we publish the story about the potholes, Will the councils or whoever's responsible come along and fix it? Can we actuall…”
Mainstream journalists fail to use technology, relying on 50-year-old information-gathering methods
“But also go back to journalists are not making use of technology. They're not gathering information. They're not doing things in a smart way. They're still doing things the way we've been doing them for 40 or 50 years.”
Panama Papers data contained information relevant to the FBI's FIFA corruption probe
“While we were researching the stories, the FBI began to indict officials at FIFA, and of course we were seeing in the Panama Papers all of this information that would have been relevant to the FBI investigation”
ICIJ maintained Panama Papers secrecy by building a private online newsroom
“How we kept a secret was we basically built an online newsroom where all the journalists would go every day. And in this online newsroom, they were able to gather around the topics of interest. But that also allowed them a kind of a venting where if they found…”
Investigative journalists must assume all digital communications and metadata are actively monitored
“One of the problems we have at the moment, and one of the biggest problems journalism has, is that you have to assume that you're being watched, or that your emails are being read, your phone is potentially being, not necessarily tapped, but at least the infor…”
The Sydney Morning Herald slashed its newsroom staff from 450 to 50
“I worked for the Sydney Morning Herald at the time when they had 450 journalists. They've been looking to have 50 now.”
Panama Papers leak included 11.5 million Mossack Fonseca records dating to 1977
“And John Doe had copied every file from this firm, every client sheet, every record since 1977 to the present day. They've represented about 11 and a half million documents, and he gave them to the German newspaper.”
ICIJ's Panama Papers probe used 400 reporters across 76 countries in secret
“In the end, we had about 400 reporters working on the stories, In 76 different countries, and we worked in silence and total secrecy for about a year.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Jared's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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