Reporting Tools & Tips
How to Track Looted Wealth: Tips for Reporters
Show me the money! Experts from around the world shared their tips about how to track looted wealth at the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference.
News & Analysis
The Essential #GIJC17 Cheat Sheet
And we’re off! This evening in Johannesburg at the University of the Witwatersrand, we’ll be kicking off four days of unadulterated investigative journalism. For those of you who couldn’t make it to Joburg, here’s how to follow us from home, as well as highlights of #GIJC17.
A Program That Turns Doctors into Muckrakers
A new kind of journalism school is turning subject-matter specialists into investigative reporters. The University of Toronto has now trained 17 doctors and health professionals along with 58 other specialists to work as journalists, some of whom have quickly become award-winning reporters.
Human Trafficking Organized Crime
Human Trafficking Resources: Best Practices in Reporting
Get Psyched for Joburg!
To help #GIJC17 muckrakers get into the Johannesburg mindset, we’ve put together a to do list, including some must-pack items as well as some must-know background on the state of the city and the country.
Global Shining Light Finalist: The Khadija Project
In the run-up to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg November 16 to 19, we are rolling out 12 extraordinary investigative projects which are finalists in the seventh Global Shining Light Award. Today’s finalist is “The Khadija Project.”
Reporting Tools & Tips
How They Did It: The Azerbaijani Laundromat
In September, the Danish national newspaper Berlingske, in partnership with the OCCRP and other international media partners, exposed a complex money laundering scheme led by Azerbaijan’s elite. The stories revealed that, between 2012 and 2014, $2.9 billion connected to the country was siphoned through European companies and banks. Here’s how they got the story.
Global Shining Light Finalist: Jungle Vigilantes in India
In the run-up to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg from November 16 to 19, we are rolling out the 12 extraordinary investigative projects which are finalists in the seventh Global Shining Light Award. Today’s finalist: “The Jungle Gangs of Jharkhand” by India’s Hindustan Times.
Case Studies
How They Did It: ProPublica’s Engagement Journalism
There is power in a crowd, and harnessing crowd contributions have become increasingly useful in investigative journalism. New York-based ProPublica shows how newsrooms are integrating crowdsourcing as a routine reporting tool, using it for data collection and to connect with and gather personal stories from readers.
News & Analysis
Training Citizen Investigative Journalists in Jamaica
Investigative journalism in Jamaica — and across the Caribbean — has never truly thrived. But a recent training project aimed at tackling the issue by empowering ordinary citizens to hold authorities to account.
Data Journalism
Opening Up Data in Russia’s Closed System
As one of Russia’s few data journalists, Anastasia Valeeva has trained dozens of journalists in the former Soviet Union, the Balkans and Europe. Her recent study for the Reuters Institute at Oxford University delved into the ways investigative journalists are using open data in Russia. She spoke to GIJN’s Olga Simanovych about what she found.
Member Profiles
Can In-Depth Journalism Make Taiwan’s Next Generation Believe?
With trust and interest in journalism declining among millennials around the globe, Taiwan’s Reporter is taking a gamble. Its mission: to re-engage the younger generation with in-depth journalism. Will it work?
Data Journalism
This Week’s Top Ten in Data Journalism
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from October 2 to 8 has @source’s overview of two years of mass shooting visualizations in the US, @merbroussard’s callout for information to future-proof data stories and @paulbradshaw shares his four favorite computational thinking examples from @DailyMirror, @puddingviz, @BuzzFeed and @washingtonpost.
News & Analysis
Investigative Journalism in a Dangerous Country
Adela Navarro is the director of the weekly news magazine, Zeta, one of the only outlets in Mexico to regularly report on drug trafficking, corruption and organized crime. Over her 27-year career she has seen colleagues killed for their reporting, and lives and works under constant threat. She writes about the crucial role investigative journalists play in Mexico.
Data Journalism
This Week’s Top Ten in Data Journalism
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from September 25 to October 1 has @FT mapping the route in a day of a London Uber driver, #NICAR18 registration opening up, @Lattif charting Africa’s internet shutdowns using @atlascharts and loads of German election data visualizations.
Data Journalism
This Week’s Top Ten in Data Journalism
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from Sept. 18 to 24 features Wikipedia of Data Visualization, the State of Data Journalism, Dear Data Postcard Kit, and German election data.
Resource
Time to Apply! U.S. Fellowships for International Journalists
Ready. Set. Apply! Here’s a line-up of upcoming application deadlines for well-known fellowships in the United States that are open to journalists from around the world.
Resource
The Best New Ways To Transcribe
So you’ve got the interview and are ready to transcribe. Whether you’re looking to transcribe yourself, want to try out the latest transcription app, need an automated service or a freelancer to help you out, here’s an overview of 28 tools that can help you efficiently turn audio into text.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Investigative News Startups Talk Membership Models
What member participation activities are most useful to investigative news sites and most rewarding to members? The Membership Puzzle Project asked investigative news startups in Europe what they’ve been trying out.
Reporting Tools & Tips
How They Did It: Enslaved Land Investigation
More than 20 journalists worked across four countries to uncover the hidden abuses behind the production of sugar, cacao, bananas, coffee and African palm with slave-like conditions for workers, illegal business practices and sustained environmental damage. Here’s how they did it.
Au programme GIJC17
Voici un aperçu des quelque 120 rencontres organisées à l’occasion de la Conférence Internationale sur le Journalisme d’Investigation qui se tiendra au mois de novembre à Johannesburg, en Afrique du Sud.
Méthodologie
Lava Jato: A Case Study in Cross-Border Investigation
What appeared to be a case of money laundering done through a network of laundromats and car washes turned out to be the largest corruption network in Brazilian history, and one that ultimately extended to at least 12 countries. If it weren’t for the collaborative efforts of journalists and media houses across the continent – and into Africa – the whole story could not have been told.
News & Analysis
Abraji Turns 15, Launches Fight Against Impunity
Fifteen years ago, Abraji — the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism — was first formed. As they celebrate an impressive anniversary, Abraji is launching the ambitious Tim Lopes Project to help protect journalists under fire across Brazil.
News & Analysis
Finalists Named for Global Shining Light Award
Twelve extraordinary investigative projects from around the world are finalists in the seventh Global Shining Light Award, a prize that honors investigative journalism in developing or transitioning countries, done under threat, duress or under dire conditions. Winners will be announced at #GIJC17 in November in Johannesburg.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Beginner’s Guide to Extracting Data from PDFs
Whether it’s tables of data embedded in reports or spreadsheets saved as PDFs, journalists get lots of data in PDF format. But until you get that data into a spreadsheet, there’s not much you can do with it. Luckily, there are a few great tools that can liberate your data quickly and with relative ease.
News & Analysis
Investigative Journalism in Japan: Tough Times But Signs of Hope
In the midst of increasing threats to press freedom, the journalism community in Japan met in June for a two-day international symposium at Sophia University and Waseda University to discuss investigative journalism.
From Turkey to Thailand: GIJN Adds 10 Members
Gutsy online reporting sites from Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Tunisia, data journalism centers in Turkey and Ukraine, and a West African reporting network are among the 10 new members approved by the GIJN Board of Directors this week. The new groups bring GIJN’s membership to 155 organizations in 68 countries.