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Editor\u2019s Note: The end of this chapter features a special focus interview by Olivier Holmey with The Reckoning Project\u2019s chief legal data archivist, <\/i>Raji Abdul Salam<\/i><\/a>, who has experience gathering evidence and testimony for use in war crimes trials in Syria, Iraq, and, now, Ukraine.<\/i><\/p>\n

Strong evidence, whether physical or digital, is the foundation of any investigation. Securing robust evidence may be the most daunting of many challenges, but it\u2019s what distinguishes investigative journalism from news coverage or enterprise stories.<\/p>\n