Discover Southern Pulse

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM TRADECRAFT

We specialize in craft and sourcing from more than two decades of living and working in Latin America. Our clients know us for maintaining access in some of the most obscure and high-risk locations in the region. Our methodology is grounded in the investigative journalism principles of curiosity, practice, persistence, and presentation.

UNRIVALED NETWORK OF SOURCES

Our source network extends from government halls to the streets of the informal settlements a couple of blocks away. You benefit from our existing source network and tested process for developing new sources.

FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGE

Southern Pulse initially covered security in Latin America and gained a reputation for being a first mover on helping the private sector understand organized crime. This reputation has been built on successfully completing complex investigations, which has expanded our ability to decipher political, social, and economic realities as they impact our clients. 

We continue to evolve. 

A NUANCED APPROACH

Two decades of investigating informal power brokers, super fixers, and warlord entrepreneurs has taught us that a broader perspective and nuanced approach is necessary. 

We provide you with a clear understanding of all of the realities in your area of operations and how those realities impact your business, whether it be in a remote Mexican mining town or a trading floor in Bogotá.

PROPRIETARY DISINFORMATION METHODOLOGY

In light of the rise and impact of social media, we launched De Facto, our mis- and disinformation practice. We have developed a proprietary methodology to help quantify the reliability of local news media. This helps our team not only ensure your work product is free from sourced materials designed to mislead or harm, but also to help find signal in an increasingly noisy open-source information environment.

TIERED AND TAILORED SERVICES