Documentary journalism
Evident combines on-the-ground reporting with open-source investigation, defining our own style of documentary journalism and immersing the viewer in the story.
MAKE THE TRUTH EVIDENT
Evident is an Emmy-winning nonprofit newsroom for visual journalism. We produce and distribute visual investigations, documentaries, and a wide range of social video, often in partnership with premier news organizations from around the world. Through innovative evidence-based reporting and dynamic visual storytelling, we bring viewers on a journey of discovery.
MAKE THE TRUTH EVIDENT
Evident is an Emmy-winning nonprofit newsroom for visual journalism. We produce and distribute visual investigations, documentaries, and a wide range of social video, often in partnership with premier news organizations from around the world. Through innovative evidence-based reporting and dynamic visual storytelling, we bring viewers on a journey of discovery.
This is Evident
Our industry faces a huge challenge
And an unprecedented opportunity.
We’ve entered an open frontier for content, with social media now passing TV and news sites as a source of news. This modern attention economy is crowded and noisy. To break through, great journalism has to tell a great story. And it has to be visually dynamic. That’s where Evident comes in.
Where audiences get their news
Data on which sources people use for news in a given week — from television and print to news websites, podcasts and social media.
What We Do
Visual investigations
Through dynamic animation and creative visualizations, we show the viewer not just what we know but how we know it.
Social Video
We work with partner newsrooms and with a network of independent journalists and creators to reach a wide audience on social platforms, finding people who aren’t seeking out the news but who crave information and people they can trust.
In our first 18 months, our approach has had remarkable results.
15M
Views across our channels.
6
National journalism awards, including Emmys, Murrows, and OJA
- 50%Partnerships
- 41%Philanthropy
- 9%Licensing
We have diversified revenue, led by partner funding.
Here’s what our partners say about Evident’s …
Approach
“Evident transformed our coverage overnight. They joined us in the pressure cooker of covering a fast-breaking national news story with a strong mix of journalistic excellence and compelling video reporting and editing. And they brought the social media and multi-format presentation needed to reach our audiences. We'd work with them anytime. And plan to again.”
Neil ChaseCEO, CalMatters Collaboration
“Evident has been a vital partner to Bellingcat. Our work together stands for itself. Evident's film-making, top-class visual journalism and on-the-ground reporting capabilities have significantly advanced our ability to tell complex but important stories.”
Eoghan MacguireLead Editor, Bellingcat Impact
“Evident was a key part of our partnered investigation into dangers stemming from thin regulation of railroads across North America. The video was widely seen and shared among policymakers, helping to prompt the first instance of the Trump administration actually increasing layers of regulation to an industry and leading to a Murrow Award.”
Sean MussendenDirector of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland
Evident Media's awards recognition and partners include:
Awards
Media Partners
Evident Media's awards recognition and partners include:
Our Team
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.