Global Investigative Journalism Network

GIJN Newsletter: Conference Registration, Grants, Awards

By: GIJN Staff | May 15, 2013

Busy months for GIJN. Our just-released newsletter includes the latest on the big Global Investigative Journalism Conference coming to Rio this October, including how to register, apply for a travel grant, and enter awards. You'll find our call for proposals to host GIJC15 (the conference after Rio), some great resources in our Toolbox section, and a calendar of upcoming events. We’re also happy to report that, thanks to all of you, we’ve tripled traffic on our new website here at GIJN.org, which last month hosted visitors from more than 150 countries – that’s three-quarters of the world.

Moving Walls: a Photography Exhibition on Human Rights

By: GIJN Staff | May 15, 2013

Moving Walls 20 is a documentary photography exhibition on human rights, produced by the Open Society Foundations (OSF). The current exhibit highlights societies undergoing transition in China and the Middle East, and people suffering from repressive regimes and injustice in North Korea, Sierra Leone, and Ukraine. The Moving Walls project began in 1998 and has featured more than 170 artists whose works address issues of social justice and human rights. OSF provides grants to participating photographers, whose work is exhibited at the foundation’s New York and Washington, D.C., offices. Interested photographers should check in late 2013 for the next call for submissions. Continue Reading →

Data Journalism: GIJN’s Global Guide to Resources

By: Kate Willson | May 14, 2013

As our governments and businesses become increasingly flush with information, more and bigger data are becoming available from across the globe. Increasingly, investigative reporters need to know how to obtain, clean, and analyze “structured information” in this digital world. Otherwise, they and the news organizations they work for will miss some of the most important stories of our time. Even in relatively closed societies, journalists can now work their way from the outside in, using international data sets to reveal what’s happening in their home countries. Here is a list of resources to get you started, but we want to keep updating our community with the best resources available. Continue Reading →

After Rio: Call for Proposals for GIJC 2015

By: GIJN Staff | May 11, 2013

The Global Investigative Journalism Network is now accepting proposals for the 9th Global Investigative Journalism Conference, to be held in the autumn of 2015. If your organization would like to host the next GIJC after this year’s conference in Rio de Janeiro, now is the time to assemble and submit a proposal. Deadline to submit a proposal is August 15. Continue Reading →

Latin American Investigative Journalism Awards Now Open

By: GIJN Staff | May 9, 2013

Applications are open for the coveted Latin American Investigative Journalism Awards. Organized by the Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) and Transparency International, the competition offers US$30,000 in awards, including a grand prize of $15,000. Deadline to apply is June 14. The awards will be presented at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Rio this October. Continue Reading →

Around the World

South African Investigative Journalism’s Deep Roots

A new study shows the surprising depth of investigative journalism in South Africa. In three provinces, a survey found that nearly 60% of the papers analyzed contained investigative material. The findings support what many investigative reporters already know: that investigative journalism depends not on a media outlet’s resources, but on good management, creative newsrooms, and a willingness to accept risk.

Source: journalism.co.za

Mapping the Power Elite in Your Country

Poderopedia, which reveals relationships among elites in a country or region, has broadened its platform and is now offering its content and code to users worldwide to use and improve upon. The project was founded in Chile last year after winning a 2011 Knight News Challenge award.

Source: IJNet

New Yorker Launches Anonymous Tip Box

The New Yorker has joined the ranks of those seeking anonymous tips and documents in the digital age. The famed magazine has launched Strongbox, designed by the late Net freedom activist Aaron Swartz. The system uses "multiple computers, thumb drives, encryption, and Tor," so that even the magazine won't know where the docs came from.

Source: The New Yorker

Whistleblowing: Widely Done but Widely Ignored

A new UK study of 1000 whistleblowers has found that 83% of workers blow the whistle at least twice, yet 74% say nothing is done about the wrongdoing. The study, by the London-based Public Concern at Work, noted that whistleblowing has its risks: 15% of those surveyed say they lost their jobs.

Source: Public Concern at Work

Future Deep Throats: This Is How to Leak to the Press

We now live in a world where public servants informing the public about government behavior or wrongdoing must practice the tradecraft of drug dealers and spies. So how can one safely leak information to the press by email and by phone?

Source: Wired

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