Serena Tinari has lived in Berne since 2000 and has been a journalist since 1994. She worked for several years as a filmmaker of investigative documentaries for Swiss public television (RIS and SRF). At DIG she has been involved in mentoring DIG Pitch finalists for many years, together with Susanne Reber. Serena deals with topics such as conspiracy, human rights violations and the digital society. With colleague Catherine Riva, she co-founded Re-Check, Investigating and Mapping Health Affairs, an organisation of investigative journalism and academic research. In 2021, Serena Tinari won CICAP's 'In Defence of Reason' award. Serena is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and was for a long time on the board and then president of the Swiss organisation for investigative journalism investigativ.ch.