During eight months, forty journalists from fifteen countries have continued the work of local journalists that have been threatened, jailed or killed as the result of their investigation into the environmental and human cost of the mining industry.

Arthur Bouvart is a French investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is currently coordinating the work of the 45 journalists of the Daphne Project and co-directed the documentary piece Daphne : A Pen Too Sharp, produced by Premières Lignes Télévision and broadcast on the French public television.Arthur previously worked for 6 years as a reporter for Premières Lignes Télévision. He directed feature length documentaries, especially on chemical pollution in India, the Netherlands and the United States for French television channels (France 5, Canal+, Arte).

Jules Giraudat is a French investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. He was deputy editor of Forbidden Stories from 2017 to 2019. He coordinated the work of the 45 journalists of the Daphne Project, the Green Blood Project and participated to the Deadly Border Project. For these collaborative investigations, he went on the field in Asia, Africa, Europe and Central America to continue the work of journalists who have been threatened, imprisoned or killed.

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