Bastian Obermayer
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Bastian Obermayer (born 10 December 1977) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning German investigative journalist with the Munich-based newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and the reporter who received the Panama Papers from an anonymous source[1][2][3][4][5] as well as later on the Paradise Papers, together with his colleague Frederik Obermaier.[6] Obermayer is also author of several books, among them the best selling account of the Panama Papers: The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money,[7][8] co-authored by his colleague Frederik Obermaier.
Bastian Obermayer | |
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Born | (1977-12-10) 10 December 1977 (age 46) Rosenheim, West Germany |
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Deutsche Journalistenschule |
Occupation(s) | Investigative journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung |
Known for | Panama Papers Paradise Papers The Daphne Project |
After the Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Obermayer, in 2017, helped found[9] the investigative non-profit newsroom Forbidden Stories[10] and co-initiated[11] with founder Laurent Richard the first project: The Daphne Project, dedicated to the killed Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Obermayer serves currently as Vice President[10] of Forbidden Stories.
Obermayer studied politics, history, and American studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich as well as journalism at the Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich.[12]