How to Investigate Atrocities
Press Freedom
Nicaragua: Reinventing Journalism in Exile
In this World News Day op-ed, the Latin American journalist and editor discusses the challenges of holding an authoritarian government to account after being forced to leave the country.
Press Freedom
The Things I Learned from My Daughters, a Central Bank Investigation, and a Box of Watermelon Gum
In this World News Day op-ed, Daraj co-founder and CEO Alia Ibrahim discusses the impact of her organization’s investigative journalism — and how expanding its audience is critical for the future of news.
Data Journalism Top 10
Peruvians Fighting for Russia, Israel’s Illegal Settlements, Mali’s Drone War, and the Data Center Heat Effect
Also highlighting social media attacks against Brazil’s female political candidates and investigating Myanmar’s jade trade.
News & Analysis
The Diplomat, the Chameleon, the Bloodhound: Understanding Newsroom Personalities
Despite sharing certain instincts, investigative journalists have different strengths, weaknesses and characteristics. Some prefer to be left alone, others do their most powerful work when part of a team.
GIJC27
GIJN Launches GIJC27 Website, Announces Dates for 15th Global Investigative Journalism Conference
The 15th edition of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held in Rotterdam, and will feature the latest reporting tools and techniques, cutting-edge workshops, and extensive networking.
Masterclass Videos Investigating Institutions
Investigating Health Harms from Corporations
Will Fitzgibbon
In this masterclass video, Will Fitzgibbon, senior reporter at The Examination, shares advice for investigating corporations that pollute the environment and make people sick.
Two Years Ago, Meta Killed CrowdTangle. Can a New AI Tool Fill the Void?
A new crop of AI-powered tools is trying to fill the void left by CrowdTangle, which let journalists tack how content spread across Facebook and Instagram. Arbiter is one of the projects leading the way.
Russian War Recruitment in Africa, Hidden West Bank Settlement Funding, Scams in Southeast Asia, and More: 2026 DIG Awards Shortlist
The screening of 25 new investigative films — chosen from 300 entries — will be evaluated by an international jury across five video categories for the annual DIG Awards.
News & Analysis
‘Once Someone Opens the Door, I Have a Shot’: Colombia’s Ricardo Calderón on His Career Conducting High-Risk Investigations
The reporter spent more than 20 years investigating armed conflict, corruption, and spy scandals in print, always trying to avoid the limelight. He had to forgo privacy to take on a new role on national television.
Investigating Threats to Democracy and the Rise in Authoritarianism: IJ WEEK Sessions Focus
On this International Day of Democracy, GIJN looks at several panels of its upcoming IJ WEEK online event that address how our community can address threats to democracy and the rise of authoritarianism.
Data Journalism Top 10
German Far Right’s TikTok Reach, Iran War’s Impact on Cooking Gas, Mapping the Nepal Floods, and ‘Strongest’ Country Passports
Also highlighting coverage of Nvidia’s role in financing AI companies, how US adults engage with AI chatbots, and a story investigating children’s care homes in the UK.
News & Analysis
‘Praise Colleagues, Delegate, and Know That Mistakes are Inevitable’: Tips for Managers in Investigative Journalism
Managing teams in journalism is not easy. You can master what you do, but guiding people is quite a different thing and it requires another set of skills.
IJ WEEK
IJ WEEK Full Program Now Released — More than 130 Speakers and 50-Plus Panels
Esteemed journalists, data gurus, and subject matter experts from 65 countries will take part in IJ WEEK, which will feature panels, workshops, and networking sessions across 13 thematic areas.
Data Journalism
Journalists in Africa and South America Are Mapping the Mines Devouring the World’s Rainforests
Two journalism and technology projects are sharing tools and methods across continents to map where mining is devastating the Amazon and Congo basins.
Global Academy Guides Resource Guide
AI Accountability Reporting Guide
This reporting guide helps investigative journalists understand some of the nitty-gritty of the technology underlying AI and to give them a framework through which they can examine it.
Global Academy Guides Resource Guide
GIJN Guide to Investigating Extreme Heat
The negative effects from higher temperatures can be seen everywhere, offering many opportunities for investigative journalism.
Resource
10 Investigative Questions to Ask after a Natural Disaster
Watchdog reporters should discard the idea that damage from natural disasters is simply due to “acts of nature,” and rather think of it as a mix of hazardous events and human actions.
Global Academy Guides Resource Guide
Guide to Mapping Analysis Using QGIS
The open source desktop geographic information system software QGIS can be a powerful tool for investigative journalists. This resource takes you from the basics to advanced data mapping.
Resource Guide
Tech Focus Project
There is a central tension facing investigative journalists: the “AI and tech paradox.” Explore our report on the most urgent technology-related challenges facing investigative journalism today.
Resource Guide
Guide: Introduction to Investigative Journalism
Featuring advice on fact checking, digital security tips, interview techniques, and guidelines for editors.
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TICKETS ON SALE: Online IJ WEEK Offers More than 100 Speakers Dedicated to Investigative Journalism Around the World
26–30 October 2026
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Silencing Journalists Online: How Copyright Is Being Weaponized Against Investigative Journalists
A new form of censorship is emerging globally to silence the work of journalists and activists online, targeting their reporting with impostor accounts and fake copyright complaints.
Upcoming event
Investigating Technology and AI in Conflict
October 6, 2026
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Around the World
Funds for Countering Disinformation in the Republic of Moldova
Canal France International (CFI) is accepting applications for projects to strengthen independent journalism and fight disinformation in the Republic of Moldova — to counter an environment in which Moldovan audiences have “increasingly been exposed to misleading or unverified information, including information related to public policies and Moldova’s closer cooperation with the European Union.” The program is run by CFI and funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Three media outlets will receive grants of up to €30,000 (US$34,000), with an indicative total budget of €90,000 (US$US102,000). Apply by October 17, 2026.
Inaugural Equality Fund Journalism Fellowship 2027
The Equality Fund is partnering with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and African Women in Media (AWiM) to “surface the stories of local solutions to global crises,” with a focus on gender. Five five journalists in ODA-eligible countries will be selected for fellowship, which will run from January to September 2027, with a stipend of up to CAD$4,000 (US$2,927) and reporting costs up to CAD$500 covered. Applications are welcome from working journalists on any platform (text, digital, video, audio). Journalists should be reporting on their own communities and geographies. The application deadline is November 8, 2026.
ICIJ Africa Coordinator Released from Custody and Deported from Djibouti
According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) this week South African journalist Micah Reddy, who heads up ICIJ’s Africa program, and local reporter Mohamed Willo Ismael (“Kooki Mahmoud”) were detained in Djibouti, prompting the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to urge Djiboutian authorities to confirm their safety. On Tuesday, September 22, a CPJ update stated that Reddy had been freed and deported to South Africa: "Authorities claim he did not have proper media accreditation. He will return to Johannesburg soon. His fixer, Kooki Mahmoud, is apparently released without charge," CPJ Africa posted on Twitter/X.
DIG Festival Begins September 23, 2026 in Modena, Italy
The 12th DIG Festival (“Documentari, Inchieste, Giornalismi” or documentaties, investigaitos, journalism), Europe’s premier multimedia investigative journalism festival, will take place September 23-26 in Modena, Italy. Participation and attendance at the festival are free and except certain screenings, do not require tickets or registration. The program includes panel discussions, presentations, DIG Academy — which is offering 12 new, free-to-attend workshops — and the screening of 25 new investigative films shortlisted for the annual DIG Awards. The opening ceremony and awards ceremony will be available for live streaming on DIG Festival’s YouTube channel.
South Africa: Apply for Henry Nxumalo Foundation General Fund
Source: The Henry Nxumalo Foundation
The Henry Nxumalo Foundation, originally set up in 2006 as the Taco Kuiper Fund, provides grants to individuals and organizations to produce public interest investigative journalism on topics relevant to South Africa. Applications can be made on a rolling basis for work in any medium, from individuals, teams, or a publication or broadcaster; the Fund will assign an editor to work with you. Applicants should send a brief proposal (no more than three pages), a CV, and a budget to henrynxumalofund@gmail.com. (The Fund also now makes occasional calls for grant applications that cover multiple African countries.)
Quarterly Deadline for Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants
Source: Fund for Investigative Journalism
Freelance journalists, staff reporters and media outlets can apply for grants and other support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ). Investigations can be for print, online or broadcast stories, books, documentaries or podcasts. The FIJ reviews proposals for regular grants up to US$10,000 three or four times a year; the next deadline is Monday, September 14, 2026; the deadline for small grants up to US$2,500 for preliminary reporting that can lead to full investigations is also September 14. The FIJ’s Alicia Patterson fellowships — US$40,000 for 12 months or US$20,000 for six months — are awarded annually.
Tunisia Arrests Mohamed Yousfi, Al-Katiba Editor-in-Chief
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Tunisian authorities to release journalist Mohamed Yousfi, editor-in-chief of local investigative news website Al-Katiba, who was arrested by police from the financial crimes unit on Friday. Yousfi, a well-known critic of President Kais Saied’s government, was questioned about his work at Al-Katiba, his social media posts, and alleged financial offenses. CPJ added that his arrest raised concerns that financial crime allegations are being used as a pretext to target critical journalists. Yousfi was hospitalized after falling ill in custody and underwent an appendectomy. He remains hospitalized and has not been permitted visitors.
Maltese Court Aquits Businessman Charged with Ordering Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement that it was “outraged” by the acquittal of Yorgen Fenech, the Maltese businessman, of charges of complicity and criminal association in the car bomb assassination of prominent journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. “The verdict means that almost nine years since the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese authorities have failed to identify and convict the mastermind.” Press freedom organizations, politicians, and observers have expressed shock about the verdict, which followed Malta’s longest running murder trial. The prosecution is expected to appeal.
Apply for Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network
Applications are open for the fourth cohort of the Ocean Reporting Network (ORN), the Pulitzer Center’s unique program of grants and fellowships to build an ecosystem of cross-border investigative journalists on the “final frontier for environmental reporting” — uncovering illegal fishing and extractive industries, threats to marine biodiversity, resource challenges, and more. Fellows receive financial and editorial support — the Center will cover reporters' salaries for one year — and work on individual and collaborative projects. Staff and freelance journalists can participate, and it’s a full-time commitment. The deadline for proposals is September 13, 2026.
Travel Fellowships: 2027 World Conference of Science Journalists
The biennial World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ2027) — hosted by the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) and the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) — will be held in London, UK, on 6-9 September, with the theme ‘Strengthening science journalism through global networks.’ Travel fellowships are available to support journalists, journalism students, or students in related fields who would otherwise be unable to attend. Fellows will receive financial support towards travel, visa costs, limited local transport and up to six nights of accommodation. Applications are now open and close on October 23, 2026.
10 Questions
‘Investigative Journalism Goes Beyond Numbers:’ Reporting on Health and the Environment in Côte d’Ivoire
Marthe Akissi Kra’s reporting translates complex scientific and ecological data into accessible stories, connecting global environmental issues to her local listeners.
10 Questions
Curiosity and the Long Road to the Truth: Lessons from an Award-Winning Portuguese Reporter
The journalist explains how he has built a career around long-form investigations, and delves into the process behind his recent book exposing the far-right in Portugal.
10 Questions
The African Investigative Journalist of the Year on Deep Dives, Funding, and ‘Paying Your Dues’
The award-winning South African investigative journalist says he spent years ‘in the wilderness’ digging into spreadsheets and paperwork to find his niche.
10 Questions
Confront Them With the Numbers: This Former Physicist’s Path to Investigative Data Journalism
Anna Behrend is a self-taught data journalist who has found in data-driven reporting and visualization a way to combine her academic background in science with her creative interests.
Data Journalism
Journalists in Africa and South America Are Mapping the Mines Devouring the World’s Rainforests
Two journalism and technology projects are sharing tools and methods across continents to map where mining is devastating the Amazon and Congo basins.
Data Journalism
This Nonprofit-Based Data App Could Change How You Cover Wildfires
Watch Duty is a NGO nonprofit and its data is sourced from all over: radio scanners, cameras, satellites, and other public sources, including the agencies actually fighting the fires.
Data Journalism
GIJN Masterclass Round-Up: Data Journalism
In this round-up of recent GIJN Academy masterclasses on data journalism, we share practical videos on data reporting basics, using spreadsheets, and incorporating satellite imagery.
Spreadsheets for Investigative Journalists
Helena Bengtsson
Member Profiles
Building an Engaged Community through Collaboration and In-Depth Investigations, All While Maintaining a Sense of Humor
This small Lithuanian outlet Siena punches above its weight by publishing agenda-setting stories — but the founders say they also never want to take themselves too seriously.
Member Profiles
The Black Sea: How Investigative Journalism Endures in Turkey
The investigative outlet focusing on the Black Sea region and Turkey is not quite exiled media, not quite traditional newsroom, but a collaborative group focused on abuses of power.
Member Profiles
Tansa: Pioneering a New Model for Investigative Journalism in Japan
Over the past decade, the nonprofit Tokyo Investigative Newsroom has published numerous longform exposés on issues ranging from gender, health, politics, and the environment.
Member Profiles Press Freedom
After a Government Suspension, What’s Next for Uganda’s Premier Journalism Training Organization?
The African Centre for Media Excellence fills a critical gap between journalism schools and newsrooms, but earlier this year Ugandan authorities ordered it to shut down and it’s now fighting for its survival.
GIJC25
The 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC25) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, assembled more than 1,500 journalists from over 135 countries and territories to hold workshops, share best practices, and build a community increasingly confronting funding crises, disinformation campaigns, digital surveillance, and authoritarian threats. This project is a compendium of GIJN’s coverage of the conference.
Asia Focus
This regional spotlight series examines the world’s largest and most populous continent, which is also the host of the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference. Asia serves as a unique laboratory in the global media landscape, but journalists here face multifaceted challenges, from censorship to physical threats, digital surveillance to financial pressures. Despite this, watchdog reporters […]
MENA Focus
Our third regional spotlight series examines the challenges facing our members and other outlets in the Middle East and North Africa, such as war, backsliding democracies, self-censorship, exile, surveillance and imprisonment of journalists, and the hostile legal environment — and why this reality on the ground makes investigative journalism there all the more essential.
Africa Focus
Our second regional spotlight series examines the successes and challenges facing our members in Africa and others reporting from the continent. These articles tell the stories of growing journalistic collaboration, courage, and innovation in the face of repression, legal intimidation, lack of access to information, and even physical threats.
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Tips and Tools for Uncovering Online Scams
Online scams have become borderless threats that evolve rapidly in scale, sophistication, and impact. From fraudsters using the Internet to steal to phishing networks that engage in social engineering and trick individuals, scams are often backed by organized criminal groups that exploit weak law enforcement, jurisdictional loopholes, and digital anonymity.
Global Academy Webinars Resource Video
GIJN Africa Webinar: Investigating Revolutionary and Military Regimes
In this free online workshop, GIJN will convene four experienced African journalists to discuss how to dig out information from repressive regimes and military dictatorships on the continent.
Resource Video
Behind the Data — Tools and Techniques from the 2025 Sigma Award Winners
What innovative tools and techniques are shaping the future of data journalism? A special Lightning Round webinar with the 10 winners of the 2025 Sigma Awards, celebrating some of the world’s best data-driven investigations.
Global Academy Webinars Resource Video
Gathering Evidence and Documents in Conflict and War Zones — A MENA Case Study
A webinar exploring how investigative journalists can document human rights abuses in war zones, with a focus on methods to ensure the information gathered can later be used by legal investigators or international courts.