Djordje Padejski is a computational journalism scholar working at the intersection of journalism, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence. He serves as the Associate Director at Stanford Universityâs John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships, where he mentors JSK fellows and alumni in their pursuit of innovative projects and technologies in journalism. Padejski is also a lecturer and educator, teaching journalism courses at Stanford and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.
Prior to joining Stanford, Padejski gained extensive experience as an investigative/data reporter, editor, and director at various news organizations, including the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), The Center for Investigative Reporting (now Reveal), the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and The Center for Investigative Journalism in Serbia (CINS).
Padejski was a core member of the Offshore Leaks investigation, the largest collaborative team of journalists assembled to analyze 260 gigabytes of unstructured dataâ2.5 million secret records from 10 tax havens revealing offshore assets of individuals from more than 170 countries (including documents, emails, and spreadsheets). This award-winning project, led by ICIJ, resulted in high-profile resignations and criminal investigations.
He is the founder and developer of journalism tools such as FOIA Machine (now with Muckrock), a public records platform for investigative journalists, which was successfully backed on Kickstarter. Padejski also founded the nonprofit investigative center CINS in Serbia, and is a contributor to the Data Journalism Handbook.
