GIJN Impact News & Analysis
GIJN in 2025, by the Numbers
The year 2025 was a groundbreaking moment for the Global Investigative Journalism Network. Here are some of the key metrics from all of our work around the world last year.
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Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Choosing Climate Stories that Make an Impact
Given widespread misinformation and climate skepticism, veteran environmental reporters offer case studies and best practices for pursuing impactful topics of climate investigations.
GIJC25
Using Satellite Imagery to Investigate War Crimes
At GIJC25, reporters explained how remote sensing, open source verification, and visual forensics are now central to covering conflicts that are inaccessible or dangerous for journalists.
GIJC25
Following the Money, Routes, and Violence: Inside Cross-Border Criminal Enterprises
Expert follow-the-money journalists have documented how criminal networks now operate, via fluid, decentralized systems that are often indistinguishable from legitimate global commerce.
News & Analysis
Strategies for Investigative Journalism Under Pressure: Insights from Pakistan
Despite numerous press freedom threats, Pakistani journalists continue to publish high-impact investigations — and offer lessons for reporters navigating restrictive environments worldwide.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Elections Under Attack, Shadow Aircraft Fleet, National Park Land Grabs: 2025’s Best Investigative Stories from Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2025, journalists across Africa have courageously reported on illegal activities — and their impact — long after they’ve occurred, and despite attempts to bury this information.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Sanctions Evasion, Army Executions, and a Royal ‘Flying Palace’: 2025’s Best Investigative Stories from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus
Despite numerous obstacles, journalists from the region continue their investigative work through partnerships, cooperation with civil society, and open source research.
How They Did It
Uncovering Syria’s Stolen Children
This collaborative investigation brought together international and local journalists to reveal how the Assad regime used a global childcare charity to aid the disappearance of children.
GIJC25 Sustainability
‘No Cavalry Is Coming’: How Investigative Journalism Must Rethink Money, Metrics and Survival
This GIJC25 panel discussion surfaced a set of unresolved questions about what investigative journalism can sustainably support — and what it may need to leave behind.