Reporter’s Notebook: How to Track Down People Who Don’t Want to Be Found
OCCRP’s research director offers up a series of tips and techniques to help reporters safely and effectively build a profile of whoever they are looking for.
OCCRP’s research director offers up a series of tips and techniques to help reporters safely and effectively build a profile of whoever they are looking for.
To create the most inclusive and impactful global conference for investigative journalists, we are now soliciting great ideas for sessions for GIJC27. Send us your proposals!
Award-winning journalist Vladimir Thorik discusses reporting in an oft-overlooked part of Europe and how he approaches exposing the long reach of Russia on his native country and its neighbors.
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.
Alia Ibrahim, the co-founder and CEO of Daraj, discusses the impact of her organization’s investigative journalism — and how expanding its audience is critical for the future of news.
Also highlighting social media attacks against Brazil’s female political candidates and investigating Myanmar’s jade trade.
The next Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held in Rotterdam, and will feature the latest reporting tools and techniques, cutting-edge workshops, and extensive networking.
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.
In 2001 GIJN was born, as investigative journalists from around the globe met for the very first time to share ideas, tips, and best practices to strengthen their reporting in a world where journalism was increasingly under threat.
Today the threat has multiplied, and at GIJN we find ourselves under the same pressures as our member organizations. Most urgently: available funding for investigative journalism has been impacted as some longtime funders who supported journalism in the past are no longer doing so or have closed. Yet our work continues, more important than ever before.
GIJN serves as the global hub for the world’s investigative reporters. Our core mission is to support and strengthen investigative journalism—with special attention to those from repressive regimes and marginalized communities.
We are embarking on our first-ever campaign initiative to help us expand our revenue by the end of the year through individual donors. If you have ever joined one of our free webinars, used one of our free resources, learned a new skill thanks to a GIJN training, or simply believe that press freedom is essential to civil society, we ask you to show your support for GIJN’s work with a donation of your choosing. Called “Friends of GIJN,” this campaign includes a more personalized experience, starting in 2027, for individuals who answer the call to join with us during this unprecedented time.
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