STAGE 01 — INTRODUCTION
Careful groundwork for reporting that has to hold up.
Quentaris works alongside journalists and independent researchers in Kenya, offering structured, lawful support at the stages where investigative work is most easily strengthened or most easily undone.
Between introducing our work and describing the approach, it helps to know who this is for.
STAGE 01B — IN NUMBERS
11
years supporting reporters
3
structured services
200+
chronologies built
7
day review turnaround
STAGE 02 — APPROACH
What we do, plainly stated.
We help people doing investigative work think clearly about what they are asking, keep an honest record of what they find, and check their conclusions before those conclusions reach a reader. None of what we do involves access to material you are not entitled to, and none of it substitutes for legal advice.
- Only lawful, publicly available, or properly obtained material.
- Structured sessions, not open-ended consulting.
- Written notes at the end of each engagement.
STAGE 03 — SERVICES
Three points where support tends to matter most.
Inquiry Framing Session
Turning a suspicion into a testable question before you spend time chasing it.
Learn more →Chronology Construction
Building a dated, sourced timeline from mixed and sometimes conflicting material.
Learn more →STAGE 04 — INSIGHTS
From our notebook
METHOD
Telling a Hunch From a Question
Why the first hour of an inquiry decides most of what follows.
RECORDS
When Two Accounts Disagree on the Date
A practical way to handle conflicting recollections in a chronology.
PUBLICATION
Reading Your Own Piece as a Skeptic Would
A short discipline for the days before something goes out.
STAGE 05 — WHY THIS APPROACH
We stay inside the lines on purpose.
- Work that can withstand scrutiny is worth more than work that moves quickly.
- Every method we recommend, we would be comfortable explaining in a courtroom.
- We would rather tell you a lead is not worth pursuing than let you waste months on it.
If a piece of work needs a second, careful set of eyes, we're glad to talk it through — at whatever pace suits you.
Get in touchSTAGE 06 — TESTIMONIALS
What people have said afterward
"The framing session saved me from spending three months on a question that, once written down plainly, answered itself."
Naliaka Wetangula
Independent reporter
"Our chronology had gaps we hadn't noticed until they were laid out on paper. That template is now something I use on every story."
Odhiambo Kiplangat
Newsroom editor
"The review flagged two claims I couldn't fully support yet. Better to hear that a week before publication than after."
Chepkoech Muthoni
Freelance journalist
STAGE 06B — QUESTIONS
A few common questions
STAGE 07 — CONTACT
Tell us a little about what you're working on
There's no obligation attached to writing in — we're happy to answer a question even if you decide not to go further.