Case Studies
Lessons Learned from Exposing Child Sex Trafficking Online
A reporting team provides the backstory of the Guardian’s years-long investigation into the world of online child sex trafficking.
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2023 Candidates for GIJN’s Board of Directors
This August and September, member representatives of GIJN will vote to elect 7 members of its 15-member Board of Directors. Here is a list of candidates who have submitted their names for GIJN’s Board of Directors.
Investigative Techniques
Best Practices for Investigating Culprits of War, Human Rights Abuses, and Other Conflict
GIJN senior reporter Rowan Philip shares accumulated best practices from reporters around the world, on how to investigate culprits of war, human rights abuses, and other conflict.
News & Analysis
7 Key Takeaways from the 2023 CIJ Conference in London
GIJN associate editor Laura Dixon and GIJN Francophone Africa editor Maxime Domegni round up seven key takeaways from the 2023 Centre for Investigative Journalism’s 2023 summer conference in London.
Case Studies Member Profiles
Thriving on Change: El Surtidor’s Groundbreaking Multi-Platform, Visual Journalism
GIJN member El Surtidor is a Paraguayan news organization created in 2015 that prioritizes innovation and multi-platform, visual journalism.
News & Analysis
The ‘Moonshot’ Newsroom: An Insider’s Account of the Meteoric Rise and Fall of BuzzFeed News Investigations
BuzzFeed News investigative correspondent Tom Warren reflects on the rise and fall of their award-winning investigations team.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko: How to Run a Successful Media Start-Up in a Time of War
The Kyiv Independent was launched just months before the start of the war in Ukraine. In her keynote address at the CIJ summer conference, the outlet’s editor-in-chief spoke about the challenges of running an investigative project in the midst of conflict, and how the team have battled to make the organization sustainable.
News & Analysis Sustainability
Pitch Perfect: An Insider’s Tips for Writing a Successful Investigative Journalism Grant Proposal
GIJN’s French editor Alcyone Wemaëre spoke with Timothy Large from IPI’s IJ4EU cross-border investigation project to learn an insider’s tips for writing a successful investigative journalism grant proposal.
Investigative Techniques Methodology
When to Greenlight an Investigative Pitch — or End the Project?
Committing to a long-term investigation — also known as “greenlighting” — does not always involve a specific moment of decision. At IRE23, GIJN spoke with five veteran investigative editors to ask them what information they need before giving a project the the go-ahead.
Contacts & Networking
2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference: The Program
Here’s an early look at the schedule for the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, where we expect a record 2,000 journalists from more than 110 countries to join us in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference takes place Sept. 19-22.