Dan A.

Top-Rated investigative journalist and researcher helping documentary channels, investigative media platforms, law firms, and PR firms uncover verified information, investigate companies and individuals, analyze public records, and produce evidence-backed investigative reports through OSINT methods, source verification, public-record analysis, and structured investigative reporting. If you need a freelance investigative journalist who can verify sources, trace corporate records, analyze public databases, and turn fragmented information into structured, evidence-backed reports, I can help. My work speaks for itself. Across projects, I consistently: • Conducted investigative reporting involving corporate entities, aviation companies, executives, financial relationships, and cross-border business structures using OSINT methods, public records, and regulatory filings. • Produced evidence-backed investigative reports involving fraud allegations, reputational investigations, corporate structure analysis, executive background investigations, and entity relationship tracing. • Researched and developed investigative reports using public records, regulatory filings, archived sources, company databases, and OSINT workflows to support documentary-style reporting and publication-ready investigative narratives. • Delivered structured investigative findings by reconstructing timelines, verifying conflicting claims, tracing corporate affiliations, and organizing fragmented information into defensible research summaries. • Reduced misinformation and credibility risks by cross-checking claims across multiple databases, archived web records, public filings, and source documentation. In a typical day, I use a number of investigative research tools, platforms, and databases for my work: ✓ Open Corporates ✓ Corporation Wiki ✓ Company House UK ✓ Better Business Bureau (BBB) ✓ Crunchbase ✓ Trustpilot ✓ SEC EDGAR Database ✓ PACER ✓ CAC Database ✓ FOIA/Public Records Portals ✓ Court Filings & Government Databases ✓ Wayback Machine ✓ Whois Lookup ✓ Advanced Google Search and Boolean Operators ✓ Connectively (formerly HARO) ✓ Qwoted ✓ SourceBottle ✓ Microsoft Excel ✓ And many more My services include: • Investigative Journalism Research Research and reporting support for investigative articles, exposés, documentary projects, nonprofit investigations, and long-form editorial work. • OSINT & Public-Record Investigations Public-record analysis using court filings, government databases, regulatory filings, archived records, and open-source intelligence methods. • Documentary & True-Crime Research Case sourcing, timeline reconstruction, police and court record analysis, and investigative research for YouTube documentary and bodycam channels. • Corporate & Executive Investigations Executive background research, ownership tracing, corporate relationship mapping, and entity verification using public databases and regulatory filings. • Fact-Checking & Source Verification Verification of claims, timelines, identities, archived content, and source credibility using traceable and documented evidence. What I can do for you: - OSINT research - Public-record investigations - Corporate due diligence analysis - Executive profile verification - Investigative journalism research - Litigation support research - Source verification - Fact-checking - Timeline reconstruction - Documentary research - Regulatory and corporate filing research - Evidence-backed research reports Why you should work with me: + Investigative reporting background + Former newspaper editor + Familiar with AP Style + Strong source verification discipline + Structured research workflows + Editorial-grade written analysis + Experience with reputation-sensitive investigations + Organized documentation and citation practices + Ability to evaluate conflicting information critically + Fast turnaround without sacrificing research accuracy My work prioritizes: ✓ Accuracy ✓ Verification ✓ Source credibility ✓ Investigative structure ✓ Defensible findings ✓ Organized documentation I’m available for: • One-time investigations • Ongoing due diligence support • Long-term research contracts • Documentary pre-production research • Litigation support projects • PR and reputation-sensitive investigations If you need a freelance investigative journalist who can conduct OSINT investigations, analyze public records, verify sources, reconstruct timelines, and deliver evidence-backed findings for documentary, editorial, legal, or reputation-sensitive projects, send me a message or invite me to your job.