Christo Buschek

Christo Buschek is an independent software developer and investigative journalist at Der SPIEGEL and Paper Trail Media. He develops tools and methods for data-driven investigations, focusing on collecting, analyzing, and producing data. He has recently participated in international investigations such as "Storykillers," which exposes the inner workings of the global world of disinformation mercenaries, and the "Vulkan Files," providing insights into the capabilities and infrastructure of Russian disinformation and cyber warfare machinery. In collaboration with Alison Killing and Megha Rajagopalan, Buschek published an investigation exposing an extensive infrastructure in Xinjiang, China, dedicated to long-term detention and incarceration. This investigation, titled "Built to Last," has received prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. Additionally, Buschek is a Knowing Machines fellow at the Engelbert Center for Policy and Law at New York University, where he is involved in a research project that examines the histories, practices, and politics of training machine learning systems to interpret the world.