Member Profiles
Civio: Data Journalism Pioneer in Spain, Still Pushing For Greater Transparency
The organization has one guiding principle: “Let the data speak.” But sometimes getting hold of the information they need is an uphill battle.
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News & Analysis
Festival Gabo 2025: Journalism as a ‘Light of Hope’ in an Increasingly Challenging Era for Latin America
The 13th edition of the Gabo Festival highlighted some of the most urgent challenges facing journalism today, particularly in Latin America.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips to Investigate Climate Change Impacts in an Era of Science Denialism
As oligarchs and populist governments ratchet back the gathering and dissemination of climate-related information, journalists can use these techniques to find relevant sources and track impact.
How They Did It
Investigating Missing Pensions: Behind the Scenes with Peru’s Salud Con Lupa
A behind the scenes look at how reporters investigated how thousands of people have been unjustly excluded from Peru’s pension program due to flaws in the poverty classification system.
Safety & Security Sustainability
Inside ‘Projekt Helpline’: Germany’s Mental Health Phoneline for Journalists
A dedicated mental health helpline for journalists facing anxiety, stress, and burnout was a long time coming. Can it survive?
Data Journalism Top 10
Extreme Heat in US Prisons, Tremors and Tsunamis, DRC’s Illegal Timber Trade, Shark Meat in Brazilian Schools
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also features stories from Southeast Asia and Gaza.
Investigative Techniques News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How Newsrooms Are Using AI Chatbots to Leverage Their Own Reporting — and Build Trust
From the Philippines to the UK, a number of major newsrooms have created their own AI chatbots designed to respond using only that site’s trusted reporting archive and vetted databases as source material.
How They Did It
Investigating How Pesticides Banned in the EU Find Their Way to African Countries
GIJN speaks to a Nigerian journalist about how she uncovered how banned pesticides are still exported and sold in Africa.
Reporting Tools & Tips
5 Tips for Slashing FOIA Costs (Including How One Reporter Lowered a Records Request Fee from $2,800 to Just $29)
With a little research and negotiation, reporters can slash the cost of obtaining records bundles and speed up the government’s response in the process.
Using AI and Satellites to Track Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Areas
Using artificial intelligence and synthetic aperture satellite technology, investigators can better identify and document illicit activity at sea.
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Notes from a Small Island: Bernadette Carreon on Covering Palau, the Pacific, and the World
GIJN speaks to the veteran reporter who covered the Pacific region from the small island nation of Palau for more than 20 years.
Data Journalism
Summer Reading List for Data Journalists: For Those Who Believe in the Power of Storytelling with Numbers
Featuring books spanning four continents, these recommended reads provide a global perspective on data journalism.
Reporting Tools & Tips
How to Use Germany’s New Lobby Register as an Investigative Tool
The German Bundestag’s new lobby register is a trove of data for investigative journalists reporting on influence and money in federal politics.
Data Journalism Top 10
Israeli War on Gaza Infrastructure, Trump Tariff Economic Hit, Myanmar Mining Pollution, Runaway Global Arms Race
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also looks at the Argentinian president’s travels, drowning deaths in a Swiss river, and pro-Russian bot propaganda in Ukraine’s occupied territories.
News & Analysis
Tips on Running a Successful Local Investigative Outlet
Despite starting out as an online newsletter with no office and no team, Joshi Herrmann’s Mill Media has grown into a case study on how to make big-impact local investigative journalism work.
News & Analysis
Inside the Cross-Border Network Exposing the Environmental Crisis Facing Africa’s Longest River
Co-founded by two journalists, InfoNile has grown into a sprawling ecosystem of cross-border investigations, multimedia storytelling, and data-driven reporting.
Member Profiles
Fighting for Accountability and Press Freedom in West Africa
For almost 30 years, the Media Foundation for West Africa has supported watchdog journalism and press freedom in both democratic and authoritarian states across the region.
How They Did It
How They Did It: Investigating Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes
Tips from four reporters who took part in a seven month-long collaborative investigation into the growing use of cargo trucks to transport migrants and asylum seekers through Mexico.
Data Journalism
Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector
At the 2025 Netzwerk Recherche conference, radio journalists shared how they used data and AI tools to investigate Germany’s cultural sector and the influence of the country’s far right.
Distribution & Promotion
Bringing an Investigation on Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon to the Stage
Mongabay Latam hopes to reach new audiences by taking its award-winning investigation to the theatre, using ‘stand-up journalism’ to tell the story behind the stories.
News & Analysis
Using FOIA to Track Trans Rights in Trump’s America
To track how executive orders affecting transgender people are being enforced, reporters filed hundreds of public records requests with federal, state, and local agencies.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Investigating New Oligarchs and Novel Corruption Ploys
The oligarchs of the world have a surprising amount in common. Here are tips and resources for investigating their hidden assets and to finding out who is helping them.
Data Journalism Top 10
Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, Trump’s Massive Budget Bill, and Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last
Also featuring stories on the world’s riskiest maritime shipping routes, sub-par cancer drugs exported across the globe, and uncovering “pig butchering” online scams in Myanmar.
Document of the Day
2025 Reuters Institute Digital News Report: Eroding Public Trust, Growing Misinformation Threats, and Investigative Journalism’s Appeal
This year’s survey finds an accelerating shift towards social media and video platforms, further diminishing the influence of ‘institutional journalism.’
News & Analysis Press Freedom
‘Foreign Agent’ Law in Bosnia Threatens Independent Media
Journalists and editors from this Balkan nation warn that if the recently passed law survives a legal challenge, it would stifle independent reporting.
Teaching & Training
8 Most Common Cybersecurity Mistakes Journalists Should Avoid
Luis Assardo, a digital security trainer and investigative data journalist, gives tips on how journalists can keep their information and devices secure.
News & Analysis
Tips for Investigating Green Energy Supply Chains in the Global South
At an IRE conference panel, experts discussed several powerful tools and innovative techniques for uncovering harmful practices by the global alternative energy industry.
Member Profiles
Building Memory, Documenting the Truth: The Case of Nicaragua’s Confidencial
With hundreds of the country’s reporters in exile, the press is under pressure like never before. But this outlet is continuing to report despite all its staff now being based overseas.