”In recent years, we have developed a method for investigative journalism that works well at Svenska Dagbladet. It has led to important revelations that have engaged and affected many of our readers. Now, we are taking the next step by creating a dedicated investigative journalism department to continue and strengthen our work”, says Managing Editor Erik Hedtjärn.
Until now, investigative journalism at SvD has been part of the news department. It will now become its own division with three permanent investigative reporters and a data analyst. Additionally, specialist reporters from other departments will join the team to contribute their expertise.
”We have worked with specialist reporters on many projects and found that it has been very effective. Now, we also want to include expert knowledge from SvD’s data analysis team as part of the investigative unit. We’ve used analysis before, but now we hope to do it in a more structured way. We’ll test this approach to see if it’s an effective way to work”, says investigative editor Anna Tiberg.
Three experienced reporters from Svenska Dagbladet, with backgrounds in both news and business journalism, are now permanently joining the investigative unit:
Frida Svensson: An award-winning investigative reporter with extensive experience at SvD and one of Sweden’s most seasoned crime reporters. She conducted the well-known investigation “The Stefan Case” in 2019 and was nominated for the Guldspaden award for the revelation “Spotify and the Gang Money.”
Erik Wisterberg: Also nominated for the Guldspaden for his investigation of Spotify. He co-created the podcast “SvD Tech Brief” and the newsletter of the same name at SvD Näringsliv. He was nominated for Stora Journalistpriset in 2020, won the Guldspaden in 2017, and has written the book ”Sweden’s New Billionaires” as well as the audiobook ”The Spotify Saga”.
Jani Sallinen: A long-time investigative reporter at SvD, author, and award-winning journalist. He co-authored the book ”The Gunsmiths – the men arming Sweden’s criminals”. One of his recent notable investigations, together with colleague Emmylou Tuvhagen, addresses sexual abuse in psychiatry.
Max Karpefors: A data scientist in SvD’s analytics team since 2020, who will now also be part of the investigative unit on a part-time basis. He has previously contributed data analyses that were crucial for several investigations, including those on Chinese military researchers at Swedish universities and the heavy workload on home care staff.
The new investigative unit is led by Anna Tiberg, who has extensive experience in investigative journalism. She has won the Gyllene Dynamon award from the Swedish Association of Investigative Journalists, won the Guldspaden award once, and has been nominated four more times. She has also won the Trade Union Press Journalist Award twice and led several investigations that have been nominated and awarded by both the Guldspade jury and Sweden’s Magazines.
