ITALY - Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) is unique as the only nonprofit publisher of investigative journalism in Italy.
It was launched to address the broader social issue of a failing independent press that in turn contributes to an unaware society and weakened democracy in the country. Since its founding in 2012, IRPI has become a model to other independent journalism centers in the Mediterranean for its expertise, and has enjoyed exponential growth in digital audiences in Italy and abroad. IRPI’s expertise on tracing Italian organized crime around the world has made it a crucial partner to many international consortiums, and IrpiMedia has been the only Italian media partner of important impactful cross-border projects like Suisse Secrets coordinated by Suddeutsche Zeitung and OCCRP. Our goal is to bolster IRPI’s position in the Italian and European media ecosystem, and overall to foster positive change in the social issue of a weakened press and weakened democracy in the Mediterranean.
