About
The team behind evidx
Built by investigators, for investigators
Basile Simon
Basile is a researcher working at the intersection of engineering, law, and journalism. He co-founded Airwars in 2014 and has designed archiving and verification workflows ever since.
Niko Para
Niko co-founded Syrian Archive in 2014 and has since worked with NGOs and media organisations, including Security Force Monitor. He co-founded DOT • STUDIO with Tilman.
Tilman Miraß
Tilman works at the intersection of technology, politics, and journalism. As a developer at Deutsche Welle, he built AI-powered tools for investigative journalism. He co-founded DOT • STUDIO in 2024.
Support staff
Phương Trịnh
User experience
Malie Bertram
Engineering and customer support
Advisors
Mirko Lorenz — Innovation Manager, Deutsche Welle; Chairman and former CEO, Datawrapper GmbH
Tessa Walsh — Senior Engineer, Webrecorder; librarian and scholar in North America
Beni Buess — Former head of product, Livingdocs AG
Michael Ertl — Editor / Chef vom Dienst, Tagesschau / ARD
Origin and funding
In 2021, Basile Simon received an open-source software research grant — from the Prototype Fund, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF, grant number 01IS21S26) and the Open Knowledge Foundation — to build a solution to the legal and technical challenges he had encountered documenting civilian harm at Airwars.
While that prototype is today dormant, it inspired Basile's research for several years.
In 2024, Niko Para and Tilman Miraß joined to form the current team, with development led through DOT • STUDIO. Together they focus on lessons learned from participating in and supporting digital investigations, and the workflows and journalism.
In December 2025, the Toolkit received investment from the Babelsberg Media Innovation Center to develop a sustainable business plan and product targeting the investigative journalism vertical.
