McClatchy’s chief econ correspondent Hall joining OCCRP

Kevin Hall, the chief economic correspondent and senior investigator for McClatchy in Washington, has been hired by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project as its first North America editor.

Hall will be based in Washington and will lead OCCRP investigations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. He will also work with more than 40 editors around the world on cross-border investigations and build collaborations and partnerships with key North American media outlets.

As a lead reporter with the Miami Herald, he was on the team with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the Panama Papers, a project OCCRP also worked on.

McClatchy-Miami Herald is a longtime OCCRP publishing partner, and Hall has worked with OCCRP on several investigations, including #29Leaks, Fraud Factory, and OpenLux.

“In my collaborations with OCCRP, I have always been struck by the bravery of its intrepid reporters in the face of real dangers,” said Hall in a statement. “It’s an honor to join their ranks as the North America editor in the pursuit of accountability journalism that brings about real change.”

Hall is a former president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.