Ali Al Ibrahim

Ali Al Ibrahim is an award-winning investigative journalist, lecturer, and founder of SIRAJ-Syrian Investigative Reporting for Accountability Journalism, a unit for investigative journalism. With over ten years of experience, he is renowned for his impactful investigations into abuse of power, human rights violations, corruption, and financial misconduct. Ali has collaborated with prominent international media outlets such as OCCRP, The Guardian, and BBC, earning him prestigious accolades including the BBC's Best Young Journalist Award and the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press. He is also recognized by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN). He was also awarded in Outstanding Investigative Reporting from FJA in 2022 and the AACR June L. Biedler Prize Journalism in the United States in 2023. Ali is a TED Fellow and a fellow at the Oxford Centre for Journalism Studies. Ali studied in the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of New York. Ali is also the author of a Handbook on Artificial Intelligence in Journalism, focusing on ethics and best practices in the field and a consultant at the International Journalists' Network (IJNet) since 2017. Al Ibrahim regularly publishes reports with the network about best practices, methodologies of investigative journalism, ethics, and the effective use of artificial intelligence techniques in investigations and technology.