Christo Buschek
{{Short description|Austrian software developer and journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Christo Buschek
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1980}}
| nationality = Austrian
| occupation = Software developer, investigative journalist
| employer = BuzzFeed
| notable_works = Investigation on Uyghur camps in China
| awards = Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (2021)
}}
Christo Buschek (born 1980 in Graz) is an Austrian information technologist, investigative journalist, BuzzFeed employee, and recipient of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in the category of International Reporting.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=2021 Pulitzer Prizes Journalism |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2021 |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=pulitzer.org}}{{Cite web |author=Lorbeer |date=2021-06-13 |title=Grazer Christo Buschek erhielt renommierten Pulitzer-Preis. Unabhängiger Softwareentwickler beteiligte sich an datenbasierter Recherche über Uiguren-Lager in China |trans-title=Christo Buschek from Graz received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Independent software developer participated in data-based research on Uighur camps in China |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000127361923/grazer-christo-buschek-erhielt-renommierten-pulitzer-preis |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=derstandard.at}}
Biography
Christo Buschek attended the Academic Gymnasium Graz starting in 1990, where he graduated with his Matura in 1998.Jahresbericht des Akademischen Gymnasiums Graz 1997/1998. Hrsg.: Akademisches Gymnasium Graz. Selbstverlag des Akademischen Gymnasiums Graz, Graz 1998, p. 35.
He has worked in the IT sector for nearly 20 years as a software developer, programmer, and expert in information security.{{Cite web |author=Amaris Castillo |date=2024-06-06 |title=BuzzFeed News wins its first Pulitzer Prize for series on China’s mass detention of Muslims |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2021/buzzfeed-news-wins-its-first-pulitzer-prize-for-series-on-chinas-mass-detention-of-muslims/ |access-date=2021-06-14 |work=poynter.org}} His specialty is working on data-driven investigations for human rights organizations and investigative journalists.{{Cite web |last=Austria |first=U. S. Mission |date=2021-11-22 |title=Data-based methods as new possibilities for investigative research |url=https://at.usembassy.gov/data-based-methods-as-new-possibilities-for-investigative-research/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=U.S. Embassy in Austria |language=en-US}}
Starting in 2018, he collaborated with Megha Rajagopalan and Alison Killing on a project investigating the largely untraceable Uyghur internment camps operated by the Chinese authorities.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-08 |title=Megha Rajagopalan |url=https://www.fulbrightprogram.org/megha-rajagopalan/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Fulbright |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Investigative series on Xinjiang detention camps wins Pulitzer Prize in international reporting |url=https://www.usagm.gov/2021/06/17/investigative-series-on-xinjiang-detention-camps-wins-pulitzer-prize-in-international-reporting/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=USAGM |language=en-US}} Buschek's programming tools enabled the collection and processing of data for the investigation.
Combining satellite imagery with interviews with former detainees, the team identified around 260 camp locations and re-education camps in Xinjiang in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, many more than officially known. These locations were categorized into three groups: those with high certainty, those believed to be camps but not proven, and those with a certain probability. The data was verifiable in all cases. The research results were published on August 27, 2020, on BuzzFeed News.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=Pulitzer-Preis für Grazer Christo Buschek |url=https://www.tagblatt-wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/medien/2108148-Pulitzer-Preis-fuer-Grazer-Christo-Buschek.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=wienerzeitung.at}}
In collaboration with Hadi Al Khatib and Giovanni Civardi, Buschek is also involved in a project to securely make data on human rights violations accessible.{{Cite web |author=Ncube |title=Wir machen Daten zu Menschenrechtsverletzungen geschützt zugänglich. |trans-title=We make data on human rights violations accessible and protected. |url=https://prototypefund.de/project/n-cube/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=prototypefund.de}} He is a member of the team at Paper trail media, an investigative journalism firm founded in 2022 by Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer,{{Cite web |title=Paper trail media-Team: Christo Buschek |url=https://www.papertrailmedia.de/team/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=papertrailmedia.de}} which collaborates closely with Der Spiegel, ZDF, Der Standard, and the Tamedia Group.{{Cite web |title=Paper trail media |url=https://www.papertrailmedia.de |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=papertrailmedia.de}} He is also a Knowing Machines Fellow at the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at the New York University School of Law.{{Cite web |title=The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy: Our People/Christo Buschek |url=https://www.nyuengelberg.org/our-people/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=nyuengelberg.org}}
Pulitzer Prize
Christo Buschek was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting on June 11, 2021, along with Megha Rajagopalan and Alison Killing, for their four-part investigative report Built to Last on BuzzFeed News, which uncovered the previously unknown Uyghur camps in China.{{Cite web |author=Rajagopalan |first=Megha |last2=Killing |first2=Alison |last3=Buschek |first3=Christo |date=2020-08-27 |title=Built to Last |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-new-internment-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-muslims |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=buzzfeednews.com}}{{Cite web |author=Sonja Peitler-Hasewend |date=2021-06-12 |title=Pulitzer-Preis: Grazer für Aufdeckung geheimer Internierungslager in China ausgezeichnet |trans-title=Pulitzer Prize: Graz person honored for uncovering secret internment camps in China |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/oesterreich/5992915/PulitzerPreis_Grazer-fuer-Aufdeckung-geheimer-Internierungslager |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=kleinezeitung.at}} He is the first Austrian to receive the Pulitzer Prize, which has been awarded since 1917 and the first Pulitzer Prize won by a BuzzFeed News team.
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External links
- {{Cite web |author1=Sophia Baumann |author2=Christo Buschek |author3= Maria Christoph |author4= Max Hoppenstedt |author5=Carina Huppertz |author6=Dajana Kollig |author7=Hannes Munzinger |author8=Frederik Obermaier |author9=Bastian Obermayer |author10=Marcel Rosenbach |author11=Hakan Tanriverdi |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000145052847/massiver-leak-legt-erstmals-russlands-krieg-im-netz-offen |title=Vulkan-Files: Massiver Leak legt erstmals Russlands Krieg im Netz offen |website=derstandard.at |date=2023-03-30 |access-date=2024-06-10}}
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/author/christobuschek |title=Christo Buschek |website=buzzfeednews.com |access-date=2024-06-10}}
- {{Cite web |author=Amaris Castillo |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2021/buzzfeed-news-wins-its-first-pulitzer-prize-for-series-on-chinas-mass-detention-of-muslims/ |title=BuzzFeed News wins its first Pulitzer Prize for series on China’s mass detention of Muslims |website=poynter.org |date=2021-06-11 |access-date=2024-06-10}}
- {{Cite web |url=https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20210621/641724/Mit-Datenjournalismus-zum-Pulitzer-Preis |title=Digital.Leben. Mit Datenjournalismus zum Pulitzer-Preis. Österreicher gewinnt renommierte Journalismus-Auszeichnung |website=oe1.orf.at |date=2021-06-21 |access-date=2024-06-10}}
- {{Cite web |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/1610177-indian-origin-journalist-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-exposing-chinas-vast-infrastructure-for-detaining-muslims |title=Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing China's vast infrastructure for detaining Muslims |website=devdiscourse.com |date=2021-06-12 |access-date=2024-06-10}}
- {{Cite web |author=Shana Joseph |url=https://pulitzercenter.org/es/node/22346 |title=Pulitzer Center Update: Grantees Win Pulitzer Prizes for Reports on China Prison Camps, Migrants’ Dangerous Trek |website=pulitzercenter.org |date=2021-06-11 |access-date=2024-06-10}}
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