An Infusion of Transparency in the Arab World

Rana Sabbagh, executive director of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) could not be prouder.This past weekend she had the opportunity to present the work of her association at the four-day Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Rio de Janiero, which because it has drawn more than 1,300 journalists from 89 nations is being called “The World Cup of investigative journalism”.
During a session dedicated to “The state of global investigative journalism,” this prominent Jordanian journalist described several ground-breaking, undercover investigations executed in the Arab world.