The iconic Opera House in Sydney Harbor, at the center of a bustling, diverse metropolis of five million people.
Sydney Selected as Site of 2022 Global Investigative Journalism Conference
GIJC21 heads to Sydney: The iconic Opera House in Sydney Harbor, at the center of a bustling, diverse metropolis of five million people. Credit: Tourism Australia.
UPDATE: The 12th Global Investigative Journalism Conference will take place entirely online from November 1-5. Due to the continued pandemic, GIJN and its co-host, the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, have postponed the in-person conference in Sydney, Australia, to October 2022. Please check our newsletter for the latest information.
The Global Investigative Journalism Conference, held every two years, is the seminal international event in investigative reporting. GIJC22 is scheduled to be held in October 2022 at the International Convention Center 
in central Sydney.
The Global Investigative Journalism Network, founded in 2003, is an association of 203 nonprofit organizations in 82 countries, working to strengthen and expand investigative reporting worldwide. The Sydney-based Judith Neilson Institute was founded in 2018 as a center to support quality journalism in Australia and around the world.
GIJC22 will be developed as an Asia Pacific event. It is the first time that the Global Conference will be held in the Asia Pacific region, home to 60 percent of the world’s population.
“We deeply appreciate the Judith Neilson Institute’s support during these uncertain times,” said Brant Houston, chair of the GIJN board. “This presents GIJN with a great opportunity to hold its first global conference in the region.”
The Executive Director of JNI, Mark Ryan, said GIJC21 would be an unparalleled opportunity for journalists from Australia and the Asia Pacific to learn techniques and skills from the best journalists in the world.
“It will also showcase the work of journalists from Australia and the Asia Pacific and share their lessons and experiences with the global journalism community,” he said.
The GIJCs are huge training events, featuring practical panels and workshops on the latest investigative techniques, data analysis, online research, cross-border collaboration, and more by the best journalists in the field. The conferences have trained over 8,000 journalists and resulted in the founding of investigative teams, nonprofit newsrooms, and headline-making stories around the world. The last in-person conference, GIJC19, was held in Hamburg, Germany, in September 2019, and attracted 1,750 people from 131 countries.
Next year’s conference will again feature a robust fellowship program that brings in journalists from developing and transitioning countries to receive training.
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