Investigative journalism plays an important role in uncovering corruption, human rights abuses and other forms of wrong-doing by people in power.

The Panama Papers investigation has been described by scholars as the largest global collaborative investigative journalism project in the history of investigative journalism involving more than 80 countries and almost 400 journalists.

The rise of non-profit investigative journalism organisations such as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) which was behind Panama Papers, supported by donor funding is contributing to the flourishing of investigative journalism during these difficult times and more and more such nonprofits are playing a leading role in order to save journalism.

With this example of Panama Papers, and many others, investigative journalists have more power in collaborating in order to tell high impact stories and drive change in public life.

Collaboration platforms and networks of journalists such as ICIJ and others can assist in finding collaborating partners transnationally.