After more than a decade of leadership of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, Executive Director David Kaplan has announced he will retire from his position in September 2023 at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. Kaplan was among those representing 30 member organizations that founded the Network in 2003 and became its first full-time executive director in February 2012.
GIJN’s Africa editor, Benon Herbert Oluka, presents his Editor’s Picks for the best investigative reporting from sub-Saharan Africa in 2022, which demonstrated the curiosity, ingenuity, bravery, and technological know-how of Africa’s top investigative journalists and teams.
In this preview of GIJN’s forthcoming Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in Africa, Cameroonian data journalist Madeleine Ngeunga offers reporting tips and expert advice for covering illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and other environmental crimes.
The 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference is scheduled for September 19-22 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Designed by journalists for journalists, GIJC23 will feature cutting-edge panels, workshops, and networking sessions, ranging from cross-border collaboration and corruption tracking to advanced data analysis. Here’s an opportunity for you to propose great ideas on compelling panels, workshops, and other presentations.
What is an application programming interface (API) and how can it help reporters gather information online? Data journalist Paul Bradshaw explains how to use this tool in your next investigation.
The Global Investigative Journalism Network, Fojo Media Institute at Linnaeus University, and Föreningen Grävande Journalister are delighted to be offering, with the help of our sponsors, fellowships to attend the premier international gathering of investigative and data journalists. The 13th Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from September 19 to 22, 2023 and will feature over 150 exciting panels, workshops, and networking sessions.
Our weekly NodeXL and human curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features 2022 World Cup odds and carbon promises, the legal consequences of France’s #MeToo movement, and the problem of pig farm pollution.
In 2022, many of GIJN’s original stories focused on reporting techniques relevant to global threats that grew or emerged this year — including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, democratic decline, growth of far-right populism, the challenge of accountability journalism in the Arabian Gulf, abuse of migrants and minorities, and the exiling, assault, and legal harassment of independent media.
GIJN Advisory Services has launched the Investigative Journalism Assessment Program (IJ-MAP), which allows us to offer a free, in-depth assessment of an organization, and follow up with expert advice from media consultants in priority areas such as investigative reporting, data journalism, revenue development, and digital audience reach.
Accusations of sexual harassment against the head of a state-owned bank, the transnational growth and influence of Salvadorian gang MS13, and the striking accumulation of wealth by the president and his family in one of the poorest countries in Central America. These were some of the investigative topics among the prize-winning stories featured at the 2022 Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism.
