BIC is a member of the OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)
We are also members of GIJN (Global Investigative Journalism Network)
“Belarus Association of Journalists” announced the results of the creative contest “Volnae Slova” 2018. Stanislau Ivashkevich, the leader of Belarus Investigative Centre “Novaya Zyamlya”, took second place in the category “Investigative Journalism”.
Category “Investigative Journalism”
Article by Stanislau Ivashkevich “How weapon from Belarus fell into the hands of syrian rebels”
“Belarus Association of Journalists” announced the results of the creative contest “Volnae Slova” 2019. Stanislau Ivashkevich, the leader of Belarus Investigative Centre “Novaya Zemlya” , took second place in the category “Investigative Journalism”.
Category “Investigative Journalism”
Article by Stanislau Ivashkevich “How power workers split the money for boiler cleaning”
“Belsat” TV award 2019
The programme “Davaite razbiratsia” was recognised as the journalistic programme of the year. Among the regular authors of the program - team members of “Belarus Investigative Centre “Novaya Zyamlya”
“Belarus Association of Journalists” announced the results of the creative contest “Volnae Slova” 2020. Stanislau Ivashkevich, the leader of Belarus Investigative Centre “Novaya Zemlya”, and Dmitriy Mickevich, a journalist for “Belsat” TV channel, took first place in the category “Investigative Journalism”.
Category “Investigative journalism”
Article by Stanislau Ivashkevich and Dmitriy Mickevich “How Lukashenka’s friends funnel money to offshores”
On December 10 the Belarusian Association of Journalists announced the results of the creative competition “Volnoe Slovo” 2021. More than 300 works were presented to the jury. Members of Belarus Centre for Investgative Journalism won the first places in the most prestigious categories
The competition was held by the "Belarusian Association of Journalists" under the auspices of the European Federation of Journalists
Nomination “Investigative Journalism”
Alyaksei Karpeka, Ksenia Vyaznikovtseva, Olga Alkhimenko were awarded for the investigation "Lukashenka's sanctioned «wallet» Shakutsin continues business in the EU in spite of sanctions"
The U.S. Department of State honorees with this award corruption fighters worldwide
In his speech at the award ceremony, D.C. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted that Stanislav Ivashkevich was recognized “for his unwavering commitment to fighting corruption and bolstering the impact of sanctions against Russia and Belarus”.
The 'Analytical Journalism' Category
The award in the "Analytical Journalism" category was given to BIC journalist Alexey Marcinkevich for his article, "Will the Lifting of Sanctions on Belarusian Potash Fertilizers Affect Global Hunger? Who is Promoting This Narrative at the UN?"
The Krzysztof Michalski Award was established by the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and the Austrian Embassy in Poland for Belarusian journalists in exile.
Category: "Analytical Genres. Video"
Video Analysis by Alexey Marcinkevich, Marina Volkova, and Stanislau Ivashkevich: "Will Lifting Sanctions on Belarusian Potash Save the World from Hunger? Let's Investigate Whether This is True and What the 'Lithuanian Connection' Has to Do with It."
Since 2008, the "Volnae Slova" (Free Word) contest has been organized by the Belarusian Association of Journalists to recognize the professionalism of authors from Belarusian media and to support their efforts to uphold the principles of professional journalism and freedom of speech.
Category: "Investigations"
Investigation by Alexey Karpeka, who worked on it as part of the BRC team: "The Corrupt Knight. What Businesses Does the Businessman Zaytsev, Close to Lukashenko, Own and Why Does He Register Them Under the Name of a Priest?"
Since 2008, the "Volnae Slova" (Free Word) contest has been organized by the Belarusian Association of Journalists to recognize the professionalism of authors from Belarusian media and to support their efforts to uphold the principles of professional journalism and freedom of speech.
Data Journalism category
The award in the Data Journalism (Medium Division) category went to the Dubai Unlocked project. As part of it, the BIC published Marina Volkova's investigation ‘Square metres on Palm Jumeirah. How the Karić family spends what they earn in Belarus’. The project was coordinated by the international Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project OCCRP and more than 70 media outlets took part in it.
The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) was founded in 1964 in the USA. Its mission is ‘to encourage comprehensive and ethical reporting without fear or favoritism’.
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