Olesya Shmagun Explained

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Olesya Valentinovna Shmagun (; born 21 August 1987) is a Russian investigative journalist. She worked for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).[1] Shmagun is one of the founders of the iStories media outlet.

Education

Olesya Shmagun was born on 21 August 1987.[2] In 2012, she graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism. From 2012 to 2015, Shmagun studied full-time postgraduate studies at Moscow State University and on 23 June 2017 she received her Candidate of Philological Sciences degree. The topic of her doctoral thesis was "Small" newspaper in the period between the two revolutions of 1917.[3] [4] In 2023, she graduated from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs with a Master in Public Policy degree.[5]

Career

Shmagun has worked as a journalist for various organisations, including AvtoRadio,, Vzglyad and Izvestia. She also worked for two year for outlet.[6] In 2013 and 2014, she worked as a curator at the Moscow City Library Centre, which was engaged in the development of libraries in Moscow.[7] [8] [9] Since the summer of 2015, she has been working at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.[10] [11]

On 30 April 2020, it became known that Russian journalist Roman Anin and Olesya Shmagun are launching the investigative journalism outlet.[12] In January 2021, Shmagun left the outlet.[13]

On 20 August 2021, Shmagun was included in the list of persons performing the functions of "foreign agents" in Russia.[14] [15] [16]

Awards

In 2016, Olesya Shmagun received the Investigative Reporters and Editors Prize for Khadija Project, investigating the corruption of Azerbaijan's ruling family.[17] [18]

She was awarded the Redkollegia journalism award four times, in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.[19] [20]

In 2017, Shmagun received the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting as a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists group. She and her colleagues worked on the Panama Papers archive. Their investigation was published in Novaya Gazeta.[21]

A 2018 honourable mention of the Trace Prize for investigative reporting for the "Agents of Influence" investigation.[22] [23]

In 2020, she received Sigma Award in the Best data-driven reporting category.[24] [25]

In 2021, Shmagun received the European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award for an article "Kirill and Katya: Love, offshores, and administrative resources. How marrying Putin's daughter gave Kirill Shamalov a world of opportunity". The article described the results of an investigation into the ex-husband of the daughter of Russian president Vladimir Putin.[26]

References

  1. Web site: Olesya Shmagun. 22 September 2021. International Journalism Festival.
  2. Web site: Диплом МГУ . Lomonosov Moscow State University Diploma . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924080541/http://www.journ.msu.ru/downloads/2017/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%20%D0%9C%D0%93%D0%A3_%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BD.pdf . 2021-09-24 . 24 September 2021 . . ru.
  3. Web site: Заключение . Conclusion . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924103246/http://www.journ.msu.ru/downloads/2017/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%A9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BD.pdf . 2021-09-24 . 24 September 2021 . . ru.
  4. Web site: 23 June 2017 . Заключение диссертационного совета Д 501.001.07 . Conclusion of the dissertation council D 501.001.07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210922034636/http://www.journ.msu.ru/downloads/2017/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%81.%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_23.06.17%D0%B3._%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BD%20%D0%9E.%D0%92.pdf . 2021-09-22 . 21 September 2021 . . ru.
  5. Web site: The Graduate School. Hooding and Recognition Ceremony . 2023-05-31 . . 7 . en.
  6. Web site: Олеся Шмагун. Olesya Shmagun. 24 September 2021. vmestemedia.ru. ru.
  7. Web site: Fedorenko. Natasha. 2017-04-11. Журналистка Олеся Шмагун о том, как получить Пулитцеровскую премию. Journalist Olesya Shmagun on how to get the Pulitzer Prize. 2021-09-25. wonderzine.com. ru.
  8. Web site: 2013-12-18. Национальный акцент. National accent. 2021-09-25. nazaccent.ru. ru.
  9. Web site: Karpova. Ruslana. 2014-06-05. В Марьино открываются летние читальни. Summer reading rooms are opening in Maryino. 2021-09-25. metronews.ru. ru.
  10. Web site: 10 молодых журналистов, за которыми нужно следить в 2017 году. 10 young journalists to watch out for in 2017. 24 September 2021. Esquire. ru.
  11. Web site: Amos. Howard. 13 May 2020. Unite or disappear: Russian media startup 'istories' wants journalists to join forces — before it's too late. 24 September 2021. The Calvert Journal.
  12. Web site: 30 April 2020. Журналисты-расследователи запустили медиа "Важные истории". Investigative journalists launched the Important Stories media. 24 September 2021. wonderzine.com. ru.
  13. Web site: Sechina. Anastasia. 2021-04-27. "Мы как будто работаем на поляризацию, и это больно". "It's like we're working on polarization, and it hurts". 2021-09-25. gribnica.online. ru.
  14. Web site: 25 August 2021. Russian authorities add Dozhd, IStories to 'foreign agents' register. 24 September 2021. Committee to Protect Journalists. Stockholm.
  15. Web site: 20 August 2021. "Дождь" и "Важные истории" объявили СМИ-"иноагентами" в России. Dozhd and Important Stories were announced as "foreign agents"-media in Russia. 24 September 2021. Meduza. ru.
  16. Web site: Реестр иностранных средств массовой информации, выполняющих функции иностранного агента. Register of foreign mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent. 24 September 2021. Ministry of Justice (Russia). ru.
  17. Web site: Olesya Shmagun. 24 September 2021. European Press Prize.
  18. Web site: The IRE journal. 24 September 2021. Investigative Reporters and Editors. 26.
  19. Web site: Олеся Шмагун. Olesya Shmagun. 24 September 2021. Redkollegia. January 2019 . ru.
  20. Web site: 14 April 2017. Лауреатом премии "Редколлегия" в марте стала автор публикации в "Новой газете". The editor of the publication in Novaya Gazeta became the laureate of the Redkollegia award in March. 24 September 2021. Novaya Gazeta. ru.
  21. Web site: 10 April 2017. Пулитцеровскую премию в главной номинации получили журналисты The New York Daily News и ProPublica. The Pulitzer Prize in the main nomination went to The New York Daily News and ProPublica. 24 September 2021. Meduza. ru.
  22. Web site: 2018-06-05 . TRACE International Press . 2023-03-23 . traceinternational.org.
  23. Web site: 2018-06-05 . Times of Israel's Weinglass wins reporting honor for binary options exposé . 2023-03-23 . The Times of Israel.
  24. Web site: The 2020 Sigma Awards. 24 September 2021. datajournalism.com.
  25. Web site: Keng. Kuek Ser Kuang. 7 January 2021. The Troika Laundromat. 24 September 2021. The Sigma Awards.
  26. Web site: OCCRP and Member Center Awards. 24 September 2021. Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

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