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NY Times Journalist Exposes Oil Ghost Fleets, U.S. Attacks

2/4/2026

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Christiaan Triebert, an investigative video journalist at The New York Times, uses open-source reporting to uncover complex stories from publicly available digital data.
Since joining The New York Times in 2019, Triebert has worked on over 60 projects, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations.
His recent work tracks oil 'ghost fleets' in Venezuela and investigates a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean, underscoring accountability.

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Story summary

Christiaan Triebert, an investigative video journalist at The New York Times, uses open-source reporting to uncover complex stories from publicly available digital data.
Since joining The New York Times in 2019, Triebert has worked on over 60 projects, including two Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations.
His recent work tracks oil 'ghost fleets' in Venezuela and investigates a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean, underscoring accountability.