Nikolai Atefie
Investigative Journalist,
Radio & Podcast Producer

What I can help you with

• Investigative journalistic research
• Stringer and fixer in Austria and Sweden
• Radio, podcast and TV producer conducting interviews and directing TV recordings
• Organizing trips for TV teams including planing routes, finding accomodation and camera crew
• Location scouting for fictional and non-fictional productions
• Translation during and after interviews in German, English and Swedish
• Finding lost family members or heirs of unresolved estates in mainly Sweden and Austria
• Catchy concepts for new TV and radio shows or podcast formats
• Moderation for non-commercial events in German, English and Swedish language

Contact me

Do you want to get in touch with me? Please contact me via email nikolai[at]secondnews[dot]net or the secure messaging-app signal, my username is nikat.01

Nikolai’s Biography

I’m a freelance investigative journalist based in Austria and Sweden. I’m researching topics including pornography, online dating, and arms trafficking for ORF, BBC, JETZT, ZDF, SVT, and Sveriges Radio, among others. Together with DOSSIER and Tortoise, I exposed Pornhub’s secret majority owner. My podcast about sexual violence on so-called ’sugar-dating sites‘ was causing a stir in Sweden.

In July 2025 our German ARD radio feature „Addiction Business – A Documentary on Illegal Online Casinos“ was released (together with Benjamin Breitegger).

My investigative podcast series Casino Leaks (Kasinoläckan) for Sveriges Radio received „highly recommended“ at the London AIB Awards 2025 in the category „Audio investigative„. >> The judges praised this as exemplary investigative journalism: deeply researched, expertly told, with a smart sound design, strong use of field recordings, and impactful on both a public and policy level. <<
Producer: Martin Jönsson, Collaborators: David Davidson & Benjamin Breitegger.

I’m a former board member of FGJ, the association of investigative journalists of Sweden. I’m a grantee of IJ4EU and Journalismfund.

Do you want me to research your tipp? Please contact me via email nikolai[at]secondnews.net or the secure messaging-app signal, my username is nikat.01