He began his career as an investigator for Romania’s best selling newspaper, Evenimentul Zilei in1998. He has held a number of fellowships, including the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship in 2001, the Milena Jesenska Press Fellowship in 2002, the Rosalyn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in 2007, and in 2008, he became a Knight International Journalism Fellow for the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism.

In 2003, he co-founded the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism, and in 2006, he helped found the Organized Crime and Corruption Project, which works on cross-border investigative projects in the Balkans.

He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Knight International Journalism Award and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award both  in 2004, the Global Shining Light Award in 2007, and in 2008, he was a member of a team receiving the Tom Renner Investigative Reporters and Editors Award.