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About the Program

Vantor's News Bureau

Vantor provides electro-optical and radar satellite imagery, analytics, and expertise that are powerful complements to good journalism, providing indisputable truth at a time when credibility is critical.

Award Winning Investigations

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The New York Times

2025 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

The staff at The New York Times won the award for their investigation of the conflict in Sudan, including reporting on foreign influence and the lucrative gold trade fueling it.

The New York Times

2023 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

The staff at The New York Times won the award for covering Russia's invastion of Ukraine, including Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha.

The New York Times

2020 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

The staff at The New York Times won the award for covering how Russia's President Putin used shadow warfare to restore Russia as a global power, including using Russian aircraft to bomb Syrian medical facilities.

The New York Times

2019 Emmy Award for New Approaches: Current News

The New York Times was recognized for its "One Building, One Bomb" story, which reconstructs a chemical attack in Syria that killed dozens of civilians. Vantor imagery was used in the reporting.

Reuters

2019 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Reuters won the prize for its "Myanmar Burning" series, which exposed the systemic explusion and murder of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar.

BBC Africa Eye

2018 Peabody Award

BBC Africa Eye received this award for its "Anatomy of a Killing" investigation, which combined social media posts, open source information, and Vantor satellite imagery to hold killers accountable and bring justice for the victims.

The Associated Press

2016 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Associated Press won the prize for its "Seafood from Slaves" investigation into human rights abuses in Southeast Asia. Vantor's imagery provided crucial evidence of illegal fishing.