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We're a nonprofit news organization with a mission to make the truth evident through investigative visual journalism. We take viewers on a journey of discovery and use evidence-based reporting to shed light on corruption, conflict, technology, and government abuse. Our journalism is accessible and transparent, driven by our mission to inform the public, not by profit incentives.

Latest Stories

Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

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In collaboration with FRONTLINE, The Washington Post, and Bellingcat, this investigation examines the impact of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, combining rare on-the-ground access inside Iran with in-depth forensic and open-source analysis to assess what was hit, what survived, and what it reveals about the future of the program.

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Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol's Year of Unchecked Force

Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol's Year of Unchecked Force

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For the past year, Border Patrol agents far from their home bases have been moving city to city across America, and so have their tactics. Aggressive enforcement has escalated into a documented pattern of questionable detentions and use of force that grew more brazen with each deployment. This visual investigation from Evident Media, Bellingcat, and CalMatters tracks that pattern, confirming for the first time the identities of some of the agents whose conduct likely violated use-of-force policies and constitutional limits.


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Off The Rails

Off The Rails

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In the U.S., railroads handle most of their own track and bridge inspections, with limited third-party review and no public release of inspection reports. This can leave communities unaware of infrastructure concerns, even as trains carrying hazardous materials pass nearby. One route, from the U.S.-Canada border to West Texas, moves this cargo within a mile of more than 2.5 million people.

This documentary investigation was made in partnership with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland.

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Our Team

Evident Media

Zach Toombs

Executive Director & Founder

Zach is an Emmy-winning executive producer and filmmaker. He supervised documentary programming at Scripps and has reported on political campaigns, artificial intelligence, and climate disasters around the world.

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Kevin Clancy

Executive Creative Director & Co-Founder

Kevin Clancy is an Emmy-winning producer, cinematographer, and editor who has led documentary productions across 25 countries. Before co-founding Evident, he served as Senior International Producer for Scripps' Longform team.

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Jennifer Smart

Senior Video Editor & Animator

Jennifer is a Murrow Award-winning editor who previously worked on documentary programming for Scripps News and projects for Bellingcat and National Geographic.

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Hélène Estèves

Zaentz Fund Fellow

Hélène Estèves is an Emmy-winning producer and part of a documentary project team supported by the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund incubator at Johns Hopkins University. Her past work includes projects for The Washington Post and Scripps News.

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Liza Slutskaya

Zaentz Fund Fellow

Liza Slutskaya is an award-winning video editor and part of a documentary project team supported by the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund incubator at Johns Hopkins University.

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Nicholas Elliott

Intern

Nicholas Elliott is an intern at Evident Media and a journalism student at The University of Maryland.

Board of Directors

Kevin Clancy

Board President

Executive Creative Director and co-founder of Evident Media and former senior international producer for Scripps News

Zach Toombs

Executive Director and founder of Evident Media and former Director of Longform for Scripps News

Erica Evans

Board Treasurer

Nonprofit media development professional with experience at the Institute for Nonprofit News and Internews

Subrata De

Former EVP, Global Head of Programming & Development VICE News & VICE World News and former VP at ABC News

Chloé Gingrich Howling

Board Administrator

Experienced executive in partnerships, marketing, and content for iconic brands including Meta, CNN's Great Big Story, The New York Times and Viacom.

Jim Spencer

Founder & former CEO of Newsy and lecturer of Innovative Media Management at the University of Texas at Austin

Sebastian Walker

DuPont and Emmy-winning journalist and former DC bureau chief and Middle East bureau chief for VICE News

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