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Reporting Tools & Tips

Investigating Trump: A How-To Lesson by Fusion GPS

by David E. Kaplan • January 18, 2018

When Glenn Simpson was an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, he was among the best in the biz in following dirty money. Now the US Congress has released Simpson’s testimony on his private investigative firm’s role in digging into Donald Trump, and it’s a case study in sources and methods, showing how the firm tracked Trump’s investments and Russian ties using interviews, public records and smart detective work.

News & Analysis

State Censorship: The Other Travel Ban

by David Kaye • January 18, 2018

Governments have arsenals of weapons to censor information. The worst are well-known: detention, torture, extra-judicial killing or surveillance. Another form of censorship gets limited attention, a kind of quiet repression: the travel ban.

Data Journalism

This Week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism

by GIJN & Connected Action • January 17, 2018

What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from January 8 to 14 finds free font-for-numbers by @InVisionApp, a William Playfair biography book review for @WSJBookReviews and @PublicDataLab’s just-released full version of its fake news field guide.

FOI’s Man in the Middle East

by Majdoleen Hasan • January 16, 2018

In 2007, Jordan became the first country in the Middle East to enact freedom of information laws — and Musab Al-Shawabkeh is the award-winning journalist who has been taking full advantage of it.

Herramientas y consejos para reportear

10 Tips for Successful Collaboration Among Journalists

by Guilherme Amado, Xin Feng, Titus Plattner & Mago Torres • January 15, 2018

Journalism collaborations across news organizations have reaped countless benefits in recent years, resulting in more accurate and impactful reports, offering protection for professionals in danger and making possible stories which would have been impossible stories to do alone. Here is top notch advice, crowdsourced from collaborations with more than 500 journalists around the world.

Resource Tipsheet

Mobile Journalism Guide: How To Get Your Mojo Workin’

COVID-19 Update: Reporting during the pandemic poses some new risks. Here are some relevant resources.  Marc Settle, a BBC Academy smartphone trainer, prepared this article: Coronavirus’ impact on mobile journalism Nico Piro, mobile journalism trainer and special correspondent at Italy’s RAI, shared lessons here: Lessons from Italy: best practices for field reporting during the coronavirus […]

Data Journalism

This Week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism

by GIJN & Connected Action • January 11, 2018

What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from January 1 to 7 has data journalism and data visualization roundups by @ddjournalism and @flowingdata, podcasts by @datastories and @fabrider, as well as an analysis on prices corresponding with ski resort altitudes by @duc_qn.

Новости и аналитика

Guns, Politics and Media: A Look at Czech Investigative Journalism

by Pavla Holcova • January 10, 2018

After the 2008 economic crisis, western media companies sold their interests in the Czech Republic’s biggest media houses, radio stations and newspapers to Czech and Slovak billionaires. But the concentration of media in the hands of a few powerful owners has had an unexpected, positive impact. It has led to the emergence of smaller, independent investigative journalism sites, as well as new initiatives to fund them.

Case Studies

“100 Years of Bondage” — Investigating Slavery in the Amazon

by Toby McIntosh • January 9, 2018

For generations, the workers in the Brazilian Amazon who cut the palm straw used for brooms have been functionally enslaved by a system of loans provided by the bosses. Thais Lazzeri, an investigative reporter for Repórter Brasil, had to win their trust as she delved deeply into this topic for her October 2017 article, “100 Years of Bondage” which was beautifully illustrated with photographs by Fernando Martinho.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Secrets to Searching for Video Footage

by Aric Toler • January 8, 2018

Verifying videos is important, but first you have to find them. This Bellingcat guide will provide advice and some tips on how to gather as much video as possible on a particular event, whether it is videos from witnesses of a natural disaster or a terrorist attack.

News & Analysis

Editor’s Pick: The Best Investigative Stories from China 2017

by GIJN Staff • January 4, 2018

It’s been a year since “post-truth” was chosen as Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries, but the sentiment still resonates. In China, we’ve encountered shifting public opinion, fake news and heavy censorship, but we also saw stories that remind us there are journalists who never give up the pursuit of truth. Here’s a selection of China’s best investigative stories from 2017 — from child abuse to misconduct by major companies — curated by GIJN’s Chinese team.

Resource Tipsheet

Editing and Managing

Crafting Investigative Reportage Into Dramatic Narratives, by Vinod K Jose, Executive Editor of The Caravan, India’s premier magazine for narrative and investigatory journalism. This GIJC19 presentation discusses “ideation,” editorial entry points and reportorial conduct. Also see PowerPoint that includes examples. Using Story-Based Inquiry to Focus, Manage and Build was the topic at GIJC17 for Mark […]

Resource

Fact-Checking & Verification

Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit with resources on image and video verification, social media search, searching people, maps and satellites, and more. Updated 2023. GIJN’s Guide to Fact-Checking Investigative Stories by Nils Hanson (2021) GIJN’s Four Quick Ways to Verify Images on a Smartphone by Raymond Joseph. (2021) Making Stories Ironclad & Bulletproof Line-by-Line, by Nils […]

Data Journalism

Feast Your Eyes on 15 Stunning DataViz

by Payman Taei • January 2, 2018

Payman Taei’s round-up of 15 data visualizations that will not only blow your mind, they will give you a clearer understanding of what makes a great visualization. Feast your eyes on these beauties!

Resource Tipsheet

What Washington Is Doing in Your Country

Curious about what the US government is doing in your country? Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Martha Mendoza did a popular workshop on this topic at the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference. Her tipsheet uses links to US and international agencies to track the US government’s grants and contracts, international assistance, lobbying, military activity, and more. Mendoza […]

Awards, Grants, & Fellowships

И победителями становятся…

- Амина Бубиа • 28 декабря 2017 г.

15 журналистских расследований – лауреатов наград международного и регионального уровня – вдохновляющие примеры мастерства изложения материала, методов ведения расследований, совместных проектов и бесстрашных репортажей, опубликованных вопреки всему.

Новости и аналитика

2017’s Award Winning Global Journalism

by Amina Boubia • December 28, 2017

Drawn from a selection of 15 global and regional journalism awards, this list of best reads from 2017 is an inspiring selection of storytelling, investigative techniques, collaborative enterprises and fearless reporting against all odds.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Your 17 Favorite Tools for Journalism from 2017

by Ren LaForme • December 26, 2017

Ren LaForme, the tool guy over at Poynter who runs their Try This! — Tools for Journalism newsletter, put together a list of his readers’ favorites from 2017. A quick, fun and helpful must read highlighting journalism tools from the Pipl app to FOIA Slack and a dirt cheap phone tripod.

Research

Bridging the Gap: Rebuilding Citizen Trust in the Media

by Anya Schiffrin, Beatrice Santa-Wood, Susanna De Martino, Ellen Hume and Nicole Pope • December 21, 2017

Journalists in many countries are experimenting with how to build trust and engage with audiences. Now, a new study, Bridging the Gap: Rebuilding Citizen Trust in the Media, profiles organizations working to build bridges with readers, viewers and listeners and deliver relevant news to local audiences. The study surveys 17 organizations from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

GIJN’s Top Reads for 2017

by GIJN Staff • December 19, 2017

It’s been a year of great reads on GIJN, from “how they did it” to the best tips and tools on everything from mojo to mapping. Here’s a curated list of top ten reader favorites from stories published in 2017.

Perfiles de miembros

Online to Print: Ojo Público Experiments to Raise Human Rights Awareness

by Belén Arce Terceros • December 18, 2017

While traditional news outlets are migrating to digital platforms, Peru’s Ojo Público is taking the opposite path to reach its goal. It’s utilizing print to grow beyond its digital audience and appeal to people who read physical newspapers, as well as those who like special editions, providing a complementary product to their online publication.

IndonesiaLeaks: New Platform for Whistleblowers and Muckrakers

by IndonesiaLeaks • December 15, 2017

Ten media houses and five civil society organizations have come together to form IndonesiaLeaks, a digital platform for whistleblowers. The secure online platform is crucial in Indonesia due to the lack of whistleblower protection schemes. Those who take risks leaking information on offenses happening in their institutions are often prosecuted and intimidated.

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