Let's build something great and create a robust new media

We are a collaboration of experienced and multiple award-winning investigative journalists and whistleblowers, including several who are among the best in their fields worldwide and young talents from all continents. This unique alliance is in the journalistic tradition of the late Andrew Jennings and makes it possible to shed more light on the fundamental problems of world sport – for you, our members, the readers and subscribers.

What would Andrew Jennings do? He would push this project forward.

The most important investigative Olympic journalist has died in 2022, in the year of the sporting rogue states with mega events in China and Qatar. We honor the legacy of Andrew Jennings with THE INQUISITOR project. Read about decades in which our network has been built. This goes beyond journalism.

THE INQUISITORJens Weinreich

We are fulfilling a journalistic mission that hardly any other media consistently fulfils to such an extent in this subject area.

The case of Insidethegames: beware of Russian propaganda

Just in time for the birthday of the Russian would-be oligarch Umar Kremlev, the final sale of the media platform Insidethegames was announced. The new owners, who operate through a strange corporate construct, are old acquaintances and associates of Kremlin-affiliated Kremlev.

THE INQUISITORJens Weinreich

Are you watching the IOC Session in Mumbai right now? These bizarre events prove once again why THE INQUISITOR is needed. We counter the cult of personality and the Stalinist-Chinese conditions in the IOC with journalism – with more research, with a better infrastructure for the production of enlightening publications.

Almost all major scandals in the Olympic world (and beyond in the sports world) have been exposed by journalists and whistleblowers. Without the work of (too few) journalists, the FIFA trials in the USA, for example, would never have happened. We stand in this tradition.

No bullshit. No blah-blah-blah. No deals. No PR. No propaganda.

Instead: Investigations. Documents. In-depth analyses. Consistency. Data.

That is our promise.

And this much we know: journalists have scrutinised too little and conducted far too few investigations into sports federations related cultural matters. Investigations tend to focus on highly commercial activities and what’s happening at the surface of well-oiled themes. We will go beyond that and deeper into the machinations of federations and how their governance affects their membership of athletes and others and the reputation of the sports they regulate. In the process of looking into corners where light seldom gets in, we will also build and refine a continental and regional newsletter system.

Truth, incorruptibility, investigation, enlightenment, documentation, information, explanation and excellent analysis – we work for those who are committed to these journalistic principles and our mission. We work for you, the founders, our members, readers and subscribers! With all our passion, perseverance and endurance, with our knowledge, with curiosity and intuition and the ideas that flow through our network and our experience.

If we make a mistake, we will deal with it transparently. We will learn and become better.

THE INQUISITOR aims to be the world’s leading independent, investigative media dealing with organised sports crime and governance that lacks transparency and integrity, focussing on the Olympic system but including non-olympic sports and organisations. Please have a look at our website and the FAQs. We've put together an initial offering with information on our core team and authors from all over the world, and with some of our recent (and past) articles. We hope that will give you a better idea of what to expect from THE INQUISITOR.

We are talking with many wonderful colleagues around the world – as well as with other research projects, NGOs, foundations, media and journalist organisations. As our project develops we expect to add more outstanding journalists to the team.

We consider THE INQUISITOR as a great opportunity. United we will thrive. It's as simple as that. Cooperation with colleagues on all continents makes us stronger and our work all the more effective.

What can you do?

1. Sign-up. The basic membership is free. Please become a founding member:

2. Share this message with your friends and colleagues on all your networks.
3. We will be sending out a survey to all those have signed up in order to get a sense of your expectations, wishes and even your ideas of the topics and institutions you would like THE INQUISITOR to turn its attention to. Of course, you can let us know through other channels.
4. If you would like to get involved in our preparations, if you think that our journalistic reputation justifies financial support in the founding phase, any contribution you feel able to make would be much appreciated as we work to get THE INQUISITOR up and running:

In order to be able to deliver a high-class offer at THE INQUISITOR and to conduct world-class investigative journalism in the global sports business, we are offering paid subscription plans with several incentives.

We will occasionally offer discount promotions.

We are working on several exciting stories to be published in THE INQUISITOR. Many of them are exclusive. We will keep you informed of developments in our main newsletter.

We work in the public interest with your support.

Thank you very much.

Ten reasons why IOC’s Sun King Thomas Bach is causing irreparable damage to the Olympic movement

The IOC president sought to get close to Putin even after the Sochi Doping Games. He fraternised with Xi Jinping. He politicised the 2018 Games in South Korea, driven by the dream of the Nobel Peace Prize. All a miserable failure that dragged the Games deeper into a political quagmire. A commentary.

THE INQUISITORJens Weinreich

About journalism. Sobre o jornalismo.

THE INQUISITOR can only exist in the long term and deliver consistent first-class journalism if we receive the required funding, including a flow of income from annual subscriptions. Our introductory prices are still valid until tomorrow, January 31.

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Olympic status quo: IOC directors earn more money than athletes, Olympic champions – and more than any IF

The salaries of the directors of the International Olympic Committee remain exorbitantly high. Around $50 millions are paid over the four-year cycle - probably several millions more. Read the full list for 2022 after we published it last autumn for 2021.

THE INQUISITORJens Weinreich

Constructive investigations – and what you can do

In THE INQUISITOR team, we are convinced that there can be no better constructive journalism than investigative research and the most detailed coverage possible – based on documents. For everything else, there are the ever-growing PR and propaganda departments of the Olympic organisations.

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When sporting bodies believe they’re above the law

What is all the talk about good governance worth? Portugal and swimming regulators at global, European and domestic levels, now face the age-old question of what to do when national laws rule you unfit to govern but the sports family thinks it knows better.

THE INQUISITORCraig Lord

On the value of journalism and devaluation of Olympic principles

The day after an exclusive publication, THE INQUISITOR was banned from the Olympic premises in Lausanne. But the new media outlet is not going away. Came to stay! Because the Olympic systems needs proper inquisitions.

THE INQUISITORJens Weinreich