In this edition of GIJN Toolbox, we examine the latest advancements from the IRE22 conference on data extraction and optical character recognition (OCR) tools for turning unwieldy documents into searchable spreadsheets.
From respecting that different journalists have different styles of reporting to using voices from the field to tell the story, and from keeping it simple with clear language to just ‘getting started,’ here are tips from two experienced reporters for the write-up stage of an investigation.
While food is often covered from a cultural lens, it is increasingly garnering the attention of investigative journalists, who are bringing new scrutiny to the environmental impacts of supply chains, labor conditions, and political influence linked to food.
The Taco Kuiper Awards are South Africa’s prestigious prize for investigative reporting. Here are the opening remarks from the judges for the 16th annual award, the shortlist, and winners for reporting produced in 2021.
In this online webinar, free to all journalists across Africa and beyond, GIJN brings together four senior journalists who will discuss how their organizations have used available platforms and other ways to reach new and wider audiences, and they will share the tools they have created to distribute or repackage investigative content.
Journalists across southern Africa face a variety of obstacles to investigative reporting — from funding struggles to state censorship to legal intimidation — but are still innovating and collaborating to persevere.
Senegal’s first publicly-funded, independent media site — La Maison des Reporters — was launched after a young journalist, Moussa Ngom, grew frustrated with his country’s mainstream news.
Speaking during GIJN’s Tips and Tools from Women Investigators webinar, reporters from Germany, Kenya, and Turkey recounted their experiences dealing with court injunctions, going undercover, and investigating under-reported stories.
GIJN has partnered with the London-based Centre for Investigative Journalism and the Freedom of the Press Foundation to offer a unique safety and security training program specifically tailored for investigative journalists and others in watchdog newsrooms. It will be delivered online through hands-on practical training sessions with some of the world’s leading journalism safety trainers.
In this online webinar, free of charge for journalists across Africa and beyond, we bring together four journalism experts from Google News Lab, Code for Africa, Transparency International Kenya’s Media Tech Hub and GIJN, who will share their tips and advice about great online tools for journalists.
