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Margo Smit is an independent investigative journalist, journalism teacher and (part-time) director of the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists VVOJ. She received her Masters degree in Communication (specialization journalism) from Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA. She briefly worked as a reporter at the Longview Daily News, and has since researched, written and produced documentaries in Dutch and English, both for Dutch public television and for international sales. Subjects were nuclear proliferation, enlargement of the European Union, counterfeiting of the euro, former Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the murder of publicist Theo van Gogh.
Smit freelanced as a researcher and/or reporter for several international publications and media outlets, such as TSR's Temps Présent (Switserland, 2005), Seven Network's Sunday Night (Australia, 2010) and ABC 'Four Corners' (Australia, 2011).
Smit's employer VVOJ in 2005 organized the third Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Amsterdam, and Smit has since contributed to GIJC's editions at Toronto (2007), Lillehammer (2008), Geneva (2010) and Kiev (2011). She sat on the Global Shining Light Award jury (2010) and is on the jury of the Daniel Pearl Award (2010, 2011). Smit is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors IRE, the Global Investigative Journalism Network and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ. She was a delegate for Western Europe at the IWMF International Woman Media Leaders Conference in March 2011 and spoke at a masterclass in investigative journalism at the 34th IAWRT conference in Kuala Lumpur.
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