OWA

A hub to find all OWAs (Open Writing Assignments) we are currently tracking within our IN DEVELOPMENT database.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMBased on the reporting of journalists Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer , the story explores how, using their anonymous source, they teamed with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to release the documents from Panamaniam law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMIn the Russian Mafia, a “Vor” is a made man; an honor only given when the recruit shows loyalty beyond measure, with members of the Vor-world accept the code of the “Thief within the Law”. Criminologists and top military officials have cited Vor as one of the most lethal, best structured criminal organizations in history, still in operation to this day.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMTells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant that grows even more morally conflicted, when the young man learns his employers are plotting to assassinate his radical brother.

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Dez Truss, a 17-year-old who is caught boosting cars for an auto-theft ring and is given on last chance to set his life straight by a compassionate mentor.