Inside GIJN
GIJN Welcomes 12 New Members, from Cyprus to Eswatini
New members include organizations probing cross-border abuses or promoting civic engagement, as well as digging into environmental and human rights violations.
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Forced into Exile After Investigating Corruption, Continuing to Report on Venezuela from Afar
Tips on persistence from a permanently exiled reporter whose multi-year investigation was turned into an Emmy-nominated documentary.
News & Analysis
GIJN Co-Hosts International Journalists at IRE25
Sixty journalists from more than two-dozen countries and territories attended the International Luncheon at the 2025 Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference.
Data Journalism
From Data to Storytelling: Concept and Design Tips from the Financial Times’ John Burn-Murdoch
The chief data reporter for the Financial Times discusses how he considers the use of text, color, and annotation to aid visual storytelling through charts and graphics.
Reporting Tools & Tips
This Reporter Exposed the Civilian Toll of US Airstrikes. Her Warning: Be Ready for a More Hostile World
The Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Azmat Khan is known for her rigorous reporting on civilian casualties in war, the impact of US airstrikes, and for exposing systemic failures in military and government accountability.
Getting the Story Out
6 Tips for Launching an Investigative Podcast
A Dataharvest session with podcast veterans from Poland and Portugal offered advice for journalists considering audio storytelling — from narrative tricks to business models.
Data Journalism Top 10
Ukraine’s ‘Audacious’ Drone Strikes, Irish Data Centers, US Medical Funding Cuts
Our data journalism column also features medical research funding at risk in the US, a report about rivalries and Antarctica, and an interactive that lets you ‘drive’ the Monaco Grand Prix circuit.
News & Analysis
Investigating Mexico: An Interview with the Reporter, Writer, and Film-Maker Diego Enrique Osorno
From covering drug cartels to investigating how corruption links to tragedy, the award-winning reporter has made chronicling modern day Mexico his beat.
Research
Climate Change Reporting and Mental Health: Practical Tips for Newsrooms and Journalists
In a recent Reuters Institute webinar, experts discussed the latest research into the impact of climate reporting on journalists’ mental health.
News & Analysis
‘Chasing Shadows’: How a Small Civil Society Investigative Team Is Fighting the Growing Cyber Surveillance Threat
A new book by Ron Deibert, Citizen Lab’s founder and director, details how his small investigative team is fighting back against a rapidly growing commercial espionage industry.
How They Did It
How We Revealed Mega-Polluters Taking Advantage of Green Loans
An exposé supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network found loans earmarked for green projects were routinely used by fossil fuel and mining companies.
News & Analysis
‘Make-or-Break Moment’: Wahyu Dhyatmika on the Growing Threats Confronting Independent Journalism in Indonesia
For veteran journalist Wahyu Dhyatmika, Indonesia’s intensely challenging press climate is a wake-up call for the media to retool its business model and refocus on serving the public.
Member Profiles
From Sharing One Typewriter to Toppling a Corrupt President: How PCIJ Has Reshaped Watchdog Reporting in the Philippines
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, a GIJN founding member, has grown from a one-room news startup 36 years ago to a seminal force for watchdog reporting.
Data Journalism
Looking Back on Five Years: How the Sigma Awards Have Rallied and Inspired Data Journalism Excellence
After five years and 2,875 project entries from more than 100 countries, the Sigma Awards have become a catalyst for innovation and forever changed the face of data journalism.
How They Did It
How They Did It: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Series Exposing Fentanyl’s Global Supply Routes
This seven-part Reuters series revealed how easily chemicals used to create fentanyl can be acquired — and the network of suppliers that make the illicit drug trade possible.
Data Journalism Top 10
Measles Vaccine Impact, Tracking Narco-Submarines, Portugal’s Electoral Shift, and a Mission to Saturn’s Moon
We also highlight an analysis of whether flying has become less safe, an investigation into a Philippine reforestation program, and the numbers behind the Eurovision song contest.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Turning Unreadable Text Into Evidence
Whether it’s extracting names from footage, decoding social media posts, or reading distorted text in documents, Henk van Ess explains how free digital tools can take on these investigative tasks.
10 Questions
‘Giving Sources Power’: Reporting on Indigenous Communities and Creating Compelling Investigative Podcasts
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Connie Walker discusses her favorite podcast tools, the ‘radical transformation’ of how Indigenous issues are covered, and building trust with sources.
News & Analysis
+972 and Local Call: Investigating Israel at War
Reporters and editors for two small Israeli outlets committed to investigative reporting detail how they report amid the heightened tensions related to the conflict.
News & Analysis Research
Mexico’s Transparency Institute Helped Reporters Uncover Corruption and Wrongdoing: How Will Investigation Journalism Fare Once It’s Gone?
For decades, the work of INAI helped investigative reporters uncover hidden truths. They fear its abolition will hinder exposés on corruption and human rights abuses.
Methodology News & Analysis
Anatomy of an Ecocide: The Mysterious Poisoning of Czechia’s Becva River
Our investigation found that a factory owned by a former Czech prime minister should have been the prime suspect in an environmental disaster. But authorities looked elsewhere.
Reporting Tools & Tips
5 Free Open Source Digital Tools to Combat Disinformation
Developed by Brazilian media outlets in late 2024, the solutions are available free of charge to any journalistic organization inside and outside Brazil.
News & Analysis
Journalism in the Crucible: Seven Key Takeaways from 2025 Harry Evans Truth Tellers Summit
In London, leading reporters and editors met to discuss the challenges reporters face today, from legal threats to security risks to a combative new president in the White House.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships Data Journalism
From Flammable Buildings to Slavery’s Hidden Legacy to Tainted Groundwater: Projects from 10 Countries Win GIJN’s 2025 Sigma Awards
Ten outstanding data-driven journalism projects, from as many countries, were chosen by a diverse Prize Committee of 17 judges from 498 entries from 80 countries.
Data Journalism Top 10
Blackout in Spain and Portugal, Canada and Australia Elections, and a New Pope Elected
This Top 10 in Data Journalism column also highlights the death of a Ukrainian journalist in a Russian prison, Trump’s first 100 days, and India and Pakistan’s nuclear arsenals.
News & Analysis Safety & Security
Wildfire Reporting — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks
Two California-based journalists offer some reporting best practices, logistical tips, and safety precautions to take when covering wildfires.
Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips
Passports Are Key to Uncovering Offshore Secrecy — We Use Machine Learning to Find Them Efficiently
Passports can help unlock secret ownership of offshore companies, but finding them is often challenging. At ICIJ, we decided to build a new detection tool to speed up this process.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships GIJC25
2025 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Small and Medium Outlets
Six intrepid investigative projects from small and medium news outlets have been selected by GIJN as finalists for the 2025 Global Shining Light Awards.