The newspaper was founded in October 2009 by veteran reporter Gustavo Gorriti, initially with only two reporters.56 One of the first main investigations occurred in February 2010, with the report involving the purchase of armoured personnel carrier by the Peruvian Armed Forces at a highly inflated price later being spread through national media outlets.7
IDL-Reporteros assisted the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists with journalistic and research work involved in the 2021 Pandora Papers leak.89
IDL-Reporteros is a member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network,10 has been supported by the Open Society Foundations11 and was recognized as an Ashoka Changemaker as part of the Ashoka Fellows project.12 Human rights organizations in Venezuela, including PROVEA and Transparency Venezuela, have expressed support and collaborated with the newspaper.13
IDL-Reporteros won the 2018 National Journalism Grand Prize for its Lava Juez investigations.14 In 2019, the site won the Global Shining Light Award related to the Lava Juez investigations.15 The Best Written Report of the National Journalism Award was awarded to IDL-Reporteros in 2021 for two articles; "The dead that the government does not count" and "The brigade of the dead".16 In 2023, the site won the Gabo Image Award for its article "Ayacucho: Radiography of homicides", covering the Ayacucho massacre that occurred during the protests in 2022.17
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"Investigative Journalists Take on Peruvian Corruption". Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 2020-11-13. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/investigative-journalists-take-peruvian-corruption ↩
"IDL-R gana Premio Gabo". IDL (in Spanish). 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2023-07-30. https://www.idl-reporteros.pe/idl-r-gana-premio-gabo-de-imagen/ ↩
Shiel, Fergus (4 October 2021). "About the Pandora Papers". ICIJ. Retrieved 4 October 2021. https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/about-pandora-papers-investigation/ ↩
"Los 'Pandora Papers' y el Perú | IDL Reporteros". IDL Reporteros | Unidad de periodismo de investigación. 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-06. https://www.idl-reporteros.pe/los-pandora-papers-y-el-peru/ ↩
"IDL-Reporteros". Ashoka. Retrieved 2020-11-13.[permanent dead link] https://www.changemakers.com/ashoka-fellows/entries/idl-reporteros ↩
"Organizaciones venezolanas expresan su respaldo al trabajo de IDL-Reporteros". Civilis Derechos Humanos (in Spanish). 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2020-11-13. https://www.civilisac.org/alertas/organizaciones-venezolanas-expresan-su-respaldo-al-trabajo-de-idl-reporteros ↩
"Investigación sobre violencia del Estado en protestas en Perú gana Premio Gabo de Imagen". infobae (in European Spanish). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-30. https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/07/01/investigacion-sobre-violencia-del-estado-en-protestas-en-peru-gana-premio-gabo-de-imagen/ ↩