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Journalists and whistleblowers have a tight-knit yet complex relationship. Although both need each other, their exchanges are often tense.In Working With Whistleblowers, an October 9 panel October at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, both whistleblowers and journalists explained the challenges they face when working together.

Daniel Lizárraga, investigations coordinator of Aristegui Noticias in Mexico, is a founding partner of Mexico Leaks, an independent online platform where citizens can anonymously leak documents to a consortium of media outlets.

The website, inaugurated this year, has already gained acclaim for its report La Casa Blanca de Enrique Peña Nieto, The White House of Enrique Peña Nieto (Mexico’s president). On a day-to-day basis, Lizarraga said the team of journalists dedicate months to filter and verify documents.

“There are so many problems in Mexico that people are using the platform like a complaint box,” Lizarraga explained. “They complain about their neighbors and traffic jams. We have to check the leaks because sometimes there is a hidden agenda.”

Anna Myers, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Government Accountability Project is a lawyer with extensive experience in the field of whistleblowing. She gave a few words of advice to journalists and whistleblowers. Check out the video here!