Christiaan Triebert
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Christiaan Triebert’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Christiaan Triebert is a journalist on the Visual Investigations team, which combines traditional reporting with open-source methods.
Mr. Triebert’s work at The New York Times include a series exposing the Russian bombing of hospitals in Syria, the Pentagon’s flawed system of investigating allegations of civilian casualties, revealing how Iran shot down a civilian airliner and investigations into police brutality in the United States. He co-produced “Day of Rage,” one of the most complete pictu…
Christiaan Triebert’s Journalist Portfolio
Awards
See all 5 awards →Online Journalism Award
2020 - The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award (Large Newsroom)
Pulitzer Prize
2019 - International Reporting
Investigative Reporters and Editors Award
2019 - Broadcast/Video — Division I
Judges’ comments: This unique and revelatory story never would have been told and these horrific acts would have remained concealed if not for the incredible, innovative work done by this team. They utilized cutting-edge techniques and digital tools to harness open-source information and pieced it together to expose damning evidence. Excellent sourcing and compelling video helped convey the reality of what happened to these hospitals and who was responsible.
George Polk Award
2019 - International Reporting
Mark Scheffler, Malachy Browne and the Visual Investigations Team of The New York Times are honored for International Reporting for using local plane spottings, satellite imagery, cockpit recordings and Google Earth tools to map and geolocate the attacks to establish that Russian pilots in Syria bombed four hospitals, a busy commercial street and a refugee camp, killing scores of civilians. It was one of a number of wide-ranging coups the team pulled off combining advanced technology with ground level reporting in Venezuela, Afghanistan, Libya, North Korea and Hong Kong.