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Top 25 Investigative journalism firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 357 company matches for investigative journalism firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 4,639 professional contacts across them, including 1,316 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for investigative journalism firms worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for investigative journalism firms follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest investigative journalism firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 422 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “This page is managed by the advertising department of Mediahuis NRC, publisher of NRC.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 287 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “في ثمانية، نصنع محتوىً صحافيًا أصيلاً.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Pulitzer Center champions the power of stories to make complex issues relevant and inspire action.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 164 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Mail & Guardian is not an alternative to your media mix, it is an essential!” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Follow the Money is een journalistieke beweging met een glashelder doel: het blootleggen van financiële misstanden die schade toebrengen aan de samenleving.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Mother Jones is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom founded in 1976 that reaches millions of people each month across our website, social media, videos, newsletter, and print…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Investigative journalism, top opinion and in-depth analysis.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Drik, Bangladesh is a distinctive multimedia organisation that has made challenging social inequality its central driving force.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Jigsaw Productions is helmed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, considered one of the most prolific and thought-provoking documentary filmmakers of our generation.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tells stories that show how the world really works, triggering positive change.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “CSI is a full-service investigative firm that delivers key facts to give our clients an actionable advantage in a wide range of situations.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Inside Washington Publishers has more than thirty years experience delivering exclusive, investigative business reporting from Washington, DC in the areas of: environmental/energy…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Investigative Group International (IGI) is the premier investigative firm conducting independent, high-touch investigations worldwide.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “What we do WhoWhatWhy embodies a form of investigative reporting that is rigorous, relentless and scientific, we call it forensic journalism.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1978, Smith & Carson is a trusted and highly experienced investigative research firm that partners with the world's leading organizations to handle complex…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Instead of the traditional models of family-owned, corporate-funded and controlled or advertising-driven newspapers, websites and TV channels, can we reimagine the media as a…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “More Perfect Union, an Emmy award-winning advocacy journalism nonprofit, is built on a simple credo: “Building power for the working class.” Here’s what that means: We speak…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Pioneira do Brasil, a Agência Pública aposta num modelo de jornalismo sem fins lucrativos para manter a independência.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Mediacités renoue avec les fondamentaux du journalisme en mettant à l’honneur l’enquête.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Established in 1987, RJN Investigations, Inc.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Exact match Recorded description not available. Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Intricately structured, meticulously reported stories from the best journalists in the world.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Apache.be is een nieuwssite voor diepgaande onderzoeksjournalistiek.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “investigative journalism firms”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for investigative journalism firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “investigative journalism firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,316 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Record context
- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Investigative journalism firms by location
1 lists · largest firstEvery Investigative journalism firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “investigative journalism firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many investigative journalism firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 357 company matches for investigative journalism firms worldwide as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
Mediahuis NRC tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most investigative journalism firms?
The United States leads with 98 companies. Every investigative journalism firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most investigative journalism firms?
New York leads with 11 company records, followed by Washington (11) and London (10).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 1,316 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 357 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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Top 25 investigative journalism firms worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 357 matching company records for investigative journalism firms worldwide, with 4,639 tracked contacts and 1,316 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
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Top 25 investigative journalism firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mediahuis NRCadverteren.nrc.nlHQ: Amsterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 201-500 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 201-500 | Exact match | 422 contacts → |
“This page is managed by the advertising department of Mediahuis NRC, publisher of NRC.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Thmanyah ثمانيةcompany.thmanyah.com HQ: Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaReported employees: 51-200 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 51-200 | Exact match | 287 contacts → |
“في ثمانية، نصنع محتوىً صحافيًا أصيلاً.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Propublicapropublica.org HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 250 contacts → |
“ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Pulitzer Centerpulitzercenter.org HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, DC, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 176 contacts → |
“The Pulitzer Center champions the power of stories to make complex issues relevant and inspire action.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Mail & Guardianmg.co.za HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 51-200 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 51-200 | Exact match | 164 contacts → |
“The Mail & Guardian is not an alternative to your media mix, it is an essential!” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Follow The Money NLftm.nl HQ: Amsterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 119 contacts → |
“Follow the Money is een journalistieke beweging met een glashelder doel: het blootleggen van financiële misstanden die schade toebrengen aan de samenleving.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Mother Jonesmotherjones.com HQ: San Francisco, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | San Francisco, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 99 contacts → |
“Mother Jones is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom founded in 1976 that reaches millions of people each month across our website, social media, videos, newsletter, and print…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | News24 South Africanews24.com HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 90 contacts → |
“Investigative journalism, top opinion and in-depth analysis.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | DRIKdrik.net HQ: Dhaka, BangladeshReported employees: 11-50 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 11-50 | Exact match | 88 contacts → |
“Drik, Bangladesh is a distinctive multimedia organisation that has made challenging social inequality its central driving force.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Jigsaw Productionsjigsawprods.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 76 contacts → |
“Jigsaw Productions is helmed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, considered one of the most prolific and thought-provoking documentary filmmakers of our generation.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Washington, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 72 contacts → |
“The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tells stories that show how the world really works, triggering positive change.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  CSI Corporate Security And Investigationscsiinvestigators.comHQ: Monaca, PA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Monaca, PA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 69 contacts → |
“CSI is a full-service investigative firm that delivers key facts to give our clients an actionable advantage in a wide range of situations.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Inside Washington Publishersiwpnews.com HQ: Arlington, VA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Arlington, VA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 66 contacts → |
“Inside Washington Publishers has more than thirty years experience delivering exclusive, investigative business reporting from Washington, DC in the areas of: environmental/energy…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Investigative Group Internationaligint.com HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Washington, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 66 contacts → |
“Investigative Group International (IGI) is the premier investigative firm conducting independent, high-touch investigations worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Whowhatwhywhowhatwhy.org HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 65 contacts → |
“What we do WhoWhatWhy embodies a form of investigative reporting that is rigorous, relentless and scientific, we call it forensic journalism.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Smith & Carsonsmithcarson.com HQ: Alpharetta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Alpharetta, GA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 64 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, Smith & Carson is a trusted and highly experienced investigative research firm that partners with the world's leading organizations to handle complex…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | thewire.inthewire.in HQ: New Delhi, IndiaReported employees: 11-50 | New Delhi, India | 11-50 | Exact match | 63 contacts → |
“Instead of the traditional models of family-owned, corporate-funded and controlled or advertising-driven newspapers, websites and TV channels, can we reimagine the media as a…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Frontline PBSpbs.org HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Boston, MA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 62 contacts → |
“FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | More Perfect Unionperfectunion.us HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Washington, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 60 contacts → |
“More Perfect Union, an Emmy award-winning advocacy journalism nonprofit, is built on a simple credo: “Building power for the working class.” Here’s what that means: We speak…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Agência Públicaapublica.org HQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 11-50 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 11-50 | Exact match | 47 contacts → |
“Pioneira do Brasil, a Agência Pública aposta num modelo de jornalismo sem fins lucrativos para manter a independência.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Mediacitésmediacites.fr HQ: Lyon, FranceReported employees: 11-50 | Lyon, France | 11-50 | Exact match | 46 contacts → |
“Mediacités renoue avec les fondamentaux du journalisme en mettant à l’honneur l’enquête.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 |  RJN Investigations, INCrjninv.comHQ: Tustin, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Tustin, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 41 contacts → |
“Established in 1987, RJN Investigations, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | In These Timesinthesetimes.com HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Chicago, IL, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 39 contacts → |
No recorded description excerpt is available for this public record. | |||||
| 24 | Campside Mediacampsidemedia.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | New York, NY, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Intricately structured, meticulously reported stories from the best journalists in the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  apache.beapache.beHQ: Borgerhout, BelgiumReported employees: Not recorded | Borgerhout, Belgium | Not recorded | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Apache.be is een nieuwssite voor diepgaande onderzoeksjournalistiek.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Investigative journalism firms: dataset insights
September 20, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
355 records in the displayed employee bands.
2 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 357 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Investigative journalism firms by location
1 lists · largest firstEvery Investigative journalism firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for investigative journalism firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many investigative journalism firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 357 matching company records, 4,639 tracked contacts and 1,316 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 20, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 investigative journalism firms worldwide. Snapshot: September 20, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/investigative-journalism-firms.
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Top 25 investigative journalism firms worldwide
RevenueBase records 357 matching company records for investigative journalism firms worldwide, with 4,639 tracked contacts and 1,316 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 investigative journalism firms worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mediahuis NRCadverteren.nrc.nl HQ: Amsterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 201-500 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 201-500 | Exact match | 422 contacts → |
“This page is managed by the advertising department of Mediahuis NRC, publisher of NRC.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Thmanyah ثمانيةcompany.thmanyah.com HQ: Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaReported employees: 51-200 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 51-200 | Exact match | 287 contacts → |
“في ثمانية، نصنع محتوىً صحافيًا أصيلاً.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Propublicapropublica.org HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 250 contacts → |
“ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Pulitzer Centerpulitzercenter.org HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, DC, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 176 contacts → |
“The Pulitzer Center champions the power of stories to make complex issues relevant and inspire action.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Mail & Guardianmg.co.za HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 51-200 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 51-200 | Exact match | 164 contacts → |
“The Mail & Guardian is not an alternative to your media mix, it is an essential!” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Follow The Money NLftm.nl HQ: Amsterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 119 contacts → |
“Follow the Money is een journalistieke beweging met een glashelder doel: het blootleggen van financiële misstanden die schade toebrengen aan de samenleving.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Mother Jonesmotherjones.com HQ: San Francisco, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | San Francisco, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 99 contacts → |
“Mother Jones is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom founded in 1976 that reaches millions of people each month across our website, social media, videos, newsletter, and print…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | News24 South Africanews24.com HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 90 contacts → |
“Investigative journalism, top opinion and in-depth analysis.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | DRIKdrik.net HQ: Dhaka, BangladeshReported employees: 11-50 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 11-50 | Exact match | 88 contacts → |
“Drik, Bangladesh is a distinctive multimedia organisation that has made challenging social inequality its central driving force.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Jigsaw Productionsjigsawprods.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 76 contacts → |
“Jigsaw Productions is helmed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, considered one of the most prolific and thought-provoking documentary filmmakers of our generation.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Washington, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 72 contacts → |
“The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tells stories that show how the world really works, triggering positive change.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | CSI Corporate Security And Investigationscsiinvestigators.com HQ: Monaca, PA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Monaca, PA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 69 contacts → |
“CSI is a full-service investigative firm that delivers key facts to give our clients an actionable advantage in a wide range of situations.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Inside Washington Publishersiwpnews.com HQ: Arlington, VA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Arlington, VA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 66 contacts → |
“Inside Washington Publishers has more than thirty years experience delivering exclusive, investigative business reporting from Washington, DC in the areas of: environmental/energy…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Investigative Group Internationaligint.com HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Washington, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 66 contacts → |
“Investigative Group International (IGI) is the premier investigative firm conducting independent, high-touch investigations worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Whowhatwhywhowhatwhy.org HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 65 contacts → |
“What we do WhoWhatWhy embodies a form of investigative reporting that is rigorous, relentless and scientific, we call it forensic journalism.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Smith & Carsonsmithcarson.com HQ: Alpharetta, GA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Alpharetta, GA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 64 contacts → |
“Founded in 1978, Smith & Carson is a trusted and highly experienced investigative research firm that partners with the world's leading organizations to handle complex…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | thewire.inthewire.in HQ: New Delhi, IndiaReported employees: 11-50 | New Delhi, India | 11-50 | Exact match | 63 contacts → |
“Instead of the traditional models of family-owned, corporate-funded and controlled or advertising-driven newspapers, websites and TV channels, can we reimagine the media as a…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Frontline PBSpbs.org HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Boston, MA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 62 contacts → |
“FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | More Perfect Unionperfectunion.us HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Washington, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 60 contacts → |
“More Perfect Union, an Emmy award-winning advocacy journalism nonprofit, is built on a simple credo: “Building power for the working class.” Here’s what that means: We speak…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Agência Públicaapublica.org HQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 11-50 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 11-50 | Exact match | 47 contacts → |
“Pioneira do Brasil, a Agência Pública aposta num modelo de jornalismo sem fins lucrativos para manter a independência.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Mediacitésmediacites.fr HQ: Lyon, FranceReported employees: 11-50 | Lyon, France | 11-50 | Exact match | 46 contacts → |
“Mediacités renoue avec les fondamentaux du journalisme en mettant à l’honneur l’enquête.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | RJN Investigations, INCrjninv.com HQ: Tustin, CA, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Tustin, CA, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 41 contacts → |
“Established in 1987, RJN Investigations, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | In These Timesinthesetimes.com HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Chicago, IL, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 39 contacts → |
No recorded description excerpt is available for this public record. | |||||
| 24 | Campside Mediacampsidemedia.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | New York, NY, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Intricately structured, meticulously reported stories from the best journalists in the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | apache.beapache.be HQ: Borgerhout, BelgiumReported employees: Not recorded | Borgerhout, Belgium | Not recorded | Exact match | 33 contacts → |
“Apache.be is een nieuwssite voor diepgaande onderzoeksjournalistiek.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Investigative journalism firms: dataset insights
September 20, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
355 records in the displayed employee bands.
2 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 357 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Investigative journalism firms by location
1 lists · largest firstEvery Investigative journalism firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for investigative journalism firms?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many investigative journalism firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 357 matching company records, 4,639 tracked contacts and 1,316 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 20, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 investigative journalism firms worldwide. Snapshot: September 20, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/investigative-journalism-firms.
This is a selected public preview of saved company records, rather than an independently verified census. Open the source page ↗