Leila Haddou
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London, UK
Public-interest investigations, financial and data journalism, editorial research and specialist journalism training.
Leila Haddou is an investigative reporter, editor, researcher and lecturer specialising in investigative, financial and data journalism.
Her newsroom, reporting and editorial experience spans national news organisations, international investigative collaborations and specialist journalism education.
Her reporting has covered large-scale cross-border financial and data investigations, offshore finance, corporate accountability, political profiling, public-interest reporting and social justice investigations contributing to public debate, government inquiries and policy change.
Alongside reporting and editorial work, she specialises in using public, corporate, historical and archival records to reconstruct narratives, relationships and events from documentary evidence. Whether investigating companies, public figures or historical subjects, her approach focuses on understanding how decisions were made, how relationships evolved and how systems operate over time.
She also has a longstanding interest in the use of technology to support investigations, including data journalism, coding, network analysis and graph databases, using digital tools to uncover patterns, connections and stories that might otherwise remain hidden.
Selected Experience
Newsroom & Reporting
The Guardian · Financial Times · The Times · The Sunday Times · BBC Panorama
Investigative Collaborations
ICIJ (Pandora Papers) · Finance Uncovered
Teaching & Training
Centre for Investigative Journalism · City, University of London · International journalism conferences and workshops
What I Do
Investigative, Financial & Editorial Work
Investigative reporting, financial journalism, editorial research, verification, political profiling, public-interest investigations and collaborative cross-border reporting projects.
Research & Investigative Consultancy
Archival research, genealogy, public and historical records research, OSINT methodologies, verification, corporate research and investigative research supporting journalism legal defences and public-interest investigations.
Teaching, Training & Curriculum Design
More than a decade of teaching investigative, financial and data journalism through universities, newsrooms, NGOs and international journalism conferences, including curriculum development, assessment design and marking.
Areas of Expertise
- Large-scale cross-border financial and data investigations collaborative and public-interest reporting
- Offshore finance and corporate accountability company structures, tax avoidance and financial secrecy
- Political profiling and social justice investigations deep-dive reporting, accountability and policy impact
- Archival, genealogy and public-records research historical investigations and documentary research
- Investigative methodologies and newsroom training verification, sourcing, workflows and research techniques
- Financial, data and investigative journalism education teaching, curriculum design and workshop development
Teaching & Speaking
Leila has delivered teaching, newsroom workshops and conference training internationally for journalists, students and media professionals.
Her work focuses on investigative and data-driven journalism, including investigative techniques, reporting workflows, verification and legally robust reporting practices.
She has designed and taught university modules in investigative and data journalism, including curriculum development, assessment design and marking, and regularly teaches for the Centre for Investigative Journalism.
Available for investigative reporting commissions, financial journalism projects, editorial and research consultancy, university teaching, newsroom training, conference speaking and investigative methods workshops.
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