After a week in which the phone lines of the Associated Press were bugged and Google glasses that can record our every move are being tested, it seems fitting to mark World Information Society Day.
Amanda Pike
Director of TV and Documentaries, Executive Producer
Amanda Pike (she/her) is the director of the TV and documentary department and executive producer of films and series at Reveal. Under her leadership, The Center for Investigative Reporting garnered its first Academy Award nomination and four national Emmys, among other accolades. She was the executive producer of the inaugural year of the Glassbreaker Films initiative, supporting women in documentary filmmaking and investigative journalism. She has spent the past two decades reporting and producing documentaries for PBS, CBS, ABC, National Geographic, A&E, Lifetime and The Learning Channel, among others. Subjects have ranged from militia members in Utah to young entrepreneurs in Egypt and genocide perpetrators in Cambodia. Pike also has dabbled in fiction filmmaking, producing the short film “On the Assassination of the President,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She is a graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
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Palestinians mark 65 years since displacement from homes
Tens of thousands of Palestinians took to the streets today to commemorate the “nakba,” or “catastrophe,” when they fled or were expelled from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
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Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Some rich people are just jerks
From penthouses of Park Avenue to the sweatshops of Bangladesh, a look at the finest docs YouTube has to offer
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BBC goes undercover to reveal abuses in Bangladesh factories
The recent collapse of a Bangladesh factory has shined a spotlight on the practices of one of the world’s largest garment industries, where many clothes for Western retailers are produced.
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Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Killing bin Laden
Searching for Sugar Man and finding Osama: A look at the best docs YouTube has to offer
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Around the world, journalists still under fire
To mark World Press Freedom Day, The I Files team has put together a playlist highlighting the high-stakes challenges that journalists face in many countries around the world.
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Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Stoned on the job
From pot brownies to nerve-calming heads of lettuce, a look at the finest docs YouTube has to offer
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Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Boston’s day of terror
From “Explosions at the Boston Marathon” to “In Jennifer’s Room,” a look at the best docs YouTube has to offer
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Top 5 investigative videos of the week
Scouring the (mostly) serious side of YouTube for the best stories you might have missed
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And the Oscar for best documentary goes to …
The I Files pays homage to the Academy Awards this week, bringing you excerpts from this year’s nominated documentaries. We’re also featuring clips from memorable past winners, as well as two documentaries that tell the real-life stories dramatized in two of this year’s most talked about Best Picture contenders.