The award-winning story of how Rio’s poor were robbed by the people who were supposed to run their hospitals (guest blog)

One of my students here at the LSE is a Brazilian journalist who has just won the Tim Lopes Journalistic Prize for Investigative Reporting. Julio Lubianco was recognised for his radio investigation into corruption in the health services provided for the poor of Rio de Janeiro. Here he explains the story and how he revealed it. it included clever use of data investigation, leaking, and a lot of hard work.