Investigative Reporter Paraguay

Position Overview

We are seeking a skilled, energetic investigative journalist to join our Paraguay and Latin American team. This is a job for an independent, critical thinker with a strong news sense, that will support OCCRP’s effort in Paraguay. This role is ideal for a journalist with 5 years experience.

Job Description

Responsibilities include:

• Working with OCCRP’s Latin American team, Paraguay editor and global team on collaborative investigative stories, with special focus on Paraguay and neighboring countries.
• Work with local and international partners on collaborative investigative stories.
• Generating story ideas and producing investigations in the country and in the region on topics related to organized crime, corruption, environmental crimes, among others.
• Following up published stories.
• Complex, document-based reporting to a high evidentiary standard.
• Searching regional and global databases.
• Obtaining public records and other information in Paraguay.
• Working with large datasets.
• Building and maintaining sensitive source relationships.
• Help with research for different projects as requested and get information such as documents and data for stories.

Person Description

Skills

• Fluency in English and in Spanish. Portuguese knowledge is a plus.
• Strong reporter’s instincts and nose for a story.
• A fierce sense of independence and resistance to pressure.
• Ability to find patterns in large amounts of information.
• Ability to order your ideas and write in a concise, engaging style.
• Established competence with database searching and familiarity with how to obtain public documents such as company registrations, property records, and court files.
• Competence with online search.
• It’s vital for this role to have a deep understanding of politics, business and society in Paraguay and the surrounding countries.
• Candidates must be committed to maintaining high standards of confidentiality to ensure the safety of our sources and reporters.

Experience

• At least five years news reporting experience.
• Demonstrated experience in producing in-depth reporting, such as features and investigations.
• Have published document-based investigative reports.
• Have published in-depth articles on issues related to organized crime and corruption.