As dutch journalism platform Follow the Money was preparing to start two new big dossiers about China and Shell, I worked with Rinus Bot on two video productions for the launch of these dossiers.
China is making a run to become the biggest economy of the world. It leaves democratic countries worried, as this new superpower is known for violating human rights. Western countries suspect genocide against the Uyghur minority. It's motive for Follow the Money to find out more about the ties between China and the Netherlands and share them with the public.
China DossierThousands of papers about the relation between Shell and the dutch government were shared after a request from Follow the Money and Platform Authentieke Journalistiek. The platform publicly shares the documents received such as policies, e-mails and text messages on their website for everyone to read, help and give tips about remarkable details in the files. The video we made introduces the initiative and invites people to help and contribute to the research.
Shell Papers