SRF Investigativ conducts independent, long-term research into power structures, abuses and socially relevant issues. The focus is on political, economic and institutional responsibility, as well as thorough source work. SRF Data analyses complex issues using data, statistics and programming. With interactive visualisations and comprehensible classifications, both teams contribute to transparency, critical public discourse and democratic opinion-forming.
CORRECTIV.Schweiz is a non-profit research centre. Together with the population, they conduct research to strengthen democracy. They use innovative approaches and methods, such as the CrowdNewsroom they developed. They also network local journalists and uncover social injustices, either alone or together with partners.
REFLEKT, Switzerland's first independent and non-profit research team, was founded in 2019. Since then, a small, powerful team has been carrying out major research with a big impact. In order to uncover abuses and promote transparency, they focus on investigative research projects lasting several months, which traditional editorial teams are increasingly unable to handle. By presenting their work in an attractive way and publishing it via various channels, they make their work accessible to the widest possible audience. In this way, they promote quality in journalism, increase public awareness and contribute to media diversity and a functioning democracy.
The Republik is a digital magazine covering politics, economics, society and culture, which has been published since January 2018. It is financed by its readers and publishes one to three articles every day.
Tsüri.ch was founded in 2015 by Simon Jacoby together with a group of young journalists with the aim of producing independent local journalism. A city magazine that is always critical, on the pulse of the city and transparent. Every year, they organise focus months on topics such as housing, addiction and mobility. The content of these focus months includes panel discussions, city walks and workshops.
WAV is a twelve-member research collective from Zurich. They have been research partners for journalists and editorial offices, civil society and the non-profit sector since 2021. Their research critically scrutinises and opens the doors of boardrooms and boardrooms where decisions that affect everyone are quietly made. They create transparency - so that those responsible are not judged by their words, but by their actions.
WOZ – Die Wochenzeitung is an independent, left-wing green weekly newspaper from Switzerland. Since 1981, it has been reporting critically on politics, economics, society and culture, placing particular emphasis on background information, power relations and social justice. WOZ is organised as a cooperative and is largely independent of advertising and corporate interests. With carefully researched analyses, reports and commentaries, it sees itself as a countervoice to the mainstream and as a contributor to an informed public and a vibrant democracy.
