Alesya Marokhovskaya is editor-in-chief of russian media outlet Important Stories (IStories) since September 2024. Earlier she led the data journalism department at IStories for the last five years.  

Previously, Marokhovskaya worked as an investigative and data journalist in the data department of the Russian media outlet Novaya Gazeta and collaborated with OCCRP, Meduza, Transparency International Russia, and other investigative projects.

She is a two-time winner of The Sigma Award (with OCCRP in 2020 and Important Stories in 2022) and won the European Press Prize in 2021 in the Investigative Reporting category for her work with Important Stories.

In August 2021, the Russian authorities designated Marokhovskaya as a "foreign agent." In February 2022, her work with Important Stories became criminally punishable by the Russian authorities after they designated Important Stories an "unwanted organization.”

Important Stories is an independent Russian media outlet specializing in large-scale investigations and research and also reports from Russia.

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