A recent cross-border investigation examines how aggressive drug pricing and patent strategies drive up costs and limit patient access to a life-saving cancer treatment worldwide.
From Storybench, Washington Post climate reporter Brady Dennis is interviewed about his immersive story on Hurricane Helene and the importance of combining data and human experience.
A year after Mexico dissolved the autonomous body that oversaw government transparency, journalists are still finding ways to access public documents and conduct data-based investigations.
The recipient of the 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting discusses how she conducted her award-winning investigation on maskless wildland firefighters.
GIJN talks with the investigative team at JETZT, a new Vienna-based independent newsroom that covers everything from Alpine real estate to Russian espionage.
Also highlighting exploitation of journalists in Egypt, Argentina’s returning World Cup squad, and the strain on Singapore’s aging caregivers.
How do you take a complex, months-long investigation and reach fast-scrolling readers without losing credibility? Craft promotional material that fits each social media platform’s audience and voice.
A Pulitzer Center fellow and CNN senior reporter followed the development of the nascent deep-sea mining industry and how it’s intertwined with defense priorities in the US and China.
New members include two exiled newsrooms; three outlets with a major focus on the environment and climate change; and several organizations that dig into organized crime and human rights violations.
Over the past decade, the nonprofit Tokyo Investigative Newsroom has published numerous longform exposés on issues ranging from gender, health, politics, and the environment.
When RightsCon 2026 in Zambia was abruptly cancelled, the story at its companion World Press Freedom Day conference shifted from panel coverage to a real-time lesson in access and government power.
How an investigative documentary revealed that the German women’s group Lukreta is part of a Europe-wide far-right network with links all the way to the European Parliament.
The latest book from The New Yorker staff writer delves into the life of 19-year-old Zac Brettler, who led a secret double life in London before plunging to his death from an apartment balcony into the River Thames in 2019.
Also highlighting China’s squid fishing fleet off Argentina, how redistricting is shaping America’s midterms, and why 2.1 billion people still lack safe drinking water.
Adaptation is not a substitute for mitigation. Cutting emissions remains indispensable to preventing the worst outcomes of climate change.
Hear from Christo Grozev on hunting spies and András Pethő on investigating in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, plus accounts from the team that produced award-winning work as the Syrian dictatorship crumbled.
How do you make a trillion dollars feel real to someone who has never seen that much money? Vineet Khare and Mayank Bhatt faced that very challenge for their data-driven investigation into AI investment.
Across the world, independent journalists cover conflict and humanitarian crises, but their work covering traumatic events rarely comes with institutional protection or mental and psychological support.
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.
Ten outstanding data-driven journalism projects were chosen from among the 31 finalists – 26 individual projects and five portfolios — by a diverse prize committee of 17 judges.
Our roundup of the best in recent data journalism also highlights US-Israeli attacks on Iran using radar satellite imagery, and how residents in a Ukrainian housing block survived winter after losing power.
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland frequently feature in the top ten of the world press freedom rankings. We spoke to investigative reporters in each country to find out why.
In this latest GIJN Toolbox, we highlight three new powerful but easy-to-use investigative tools that have been specifically developed with the needs of data and investigative journalists in mind.
From “what book is on your bedside table” to the narrative investigative titles we should read this year, these are the books people were talking about at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
In its 25th edition, the Reporters Without Borders assessment notes a “widespread decline” in the global state of media freedom — but notes a few encouraging signs of optimism.
From working on projects that have real world impact, to ensuring clarity on joint bylines, our recent survey shows what journalists hope for when they come together for an international investigation.
Founded in 2016, this news site was created to report on issues often ignored or suppressed in state-controlled media, including corruption, misuse of public resources, and human rights violations.
If a hypothesis is the starting point of an investigation — the provisional answer to the question “what do we think happened?” — a timeline and a source map determine the path to verify the answer.
