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GIJN Response to Being Listed as ‘Undesirable’ Organization by Russian Government
GIJN officially protests having been flagged as an “undesirable” organization by the Russian Ministry of Justice.
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Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Lobster Smuggling, Hospital Fire, Tobacco Industry: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories About China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
The level of information censorship and manipulation by the Chinese authorities made the selection for this year’s editor’s picks particularly difficult.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Pro-China Propaganda, Espionage Tools, Green Illusion: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Southeast Asia
Featuring stories on the risks of online propaganda and political disinformation to social media-based blackmail attacks against women.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Election Disinformation, Telegram Blackmailers, Water Lords: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Bangladesh
Also featuring stories exposing political disinformation, human rights violations by police, online abuse of women, and exploitation of agriculture workers.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Forever Pollution Sites, Mass Killing of Civilians, African Timber Trafficking: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories in French
Featuring stories covering natural resources theft, forever pollution, corrupt business practices, and child sexual exploitation.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Counterfeit Cancer Drugs, Human Trafficking, and the Earthquake’s Toxic Aftermath: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Turkey
Ranging from the toxic legacy of asbestos after the earthquake to exploring meth addiction.
Data Journalism Top 10 Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Editor’s Pick: Top 10 Data Journalism Projects from 2023
Featuring stories on climate change, pollution, algorithms, war and conflict, the Turkey-Syria earthquake, and a deadly migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Catholic Church Scandal, Personal Pharmacy Data for Sale, and Smuggling Amazon Gold: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories in Portuguese
Featuring stories on the destruction of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, sexual abuse in the healthcare sector, and a sampling of the investigations into the Bolsonaro clan.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Gas Pipeline Sabotage, Cancer Cartels, Media Boys’ Clubs: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories in German
Featuring undercover reporting in prestige manufacturing projects, reconstructing a deadly Mediterranean shipwreck, and a look at the lucrative cancer treatment market.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Spyware Deals, China’s Border Encroachment, Toxic Cough Syrup: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories in India
Featuring investigations on China’s inroads into Indian territory, the true cost of New Delhi hosting the G20, predatory online loans, and toxic cough syrup.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
NarcoFiles, Political Influencers, Digital Mercenaries: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Spain and Latin America
This year’s round-up of the top investigative stories in Spanish explores a wide range, from deforestation in the Mexican Caribbean to drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Private Prisons, Water Mafia, Arming Ukraine: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Pakistan
Despite challenging circumstances, international news outlets still broke major political stories and local journalists continued to push boundaries.
How They Did It Reporting Tools & Tips
How a Small Nonprofit Newsroom Broke the Oil Deal Pitching Scandal at COP28
Based on a leaked trove of briefing documents, this exposé revealed the COP28 host country’s plan to push for lucrative oil and gas deals at the world’s premier climate change conference.
GIJC23 Reporting Tools & Tips
Humanizing without Sensationalizing: Investigating Femicide
How can journalists use data without reducing the murder of women to crime statistics, and produce a narrative that humanizes without sensationalizing?
Getting the Story Out GIJC23
Going Multilingual — The New Frontier of Podcasting?
The global boom in audio streaming offers an opportunity for investigative journalists to reach wider audiences by developing multilingual translations of their podcasts.
10 Questions Teaching & Training
From Korea to the US: A Career Spent Investigating Fraud, Wrongdoing, and Now, AI
Boyoung Lim went from police officer to investigative reporter to head of the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network — a career trajectory neither linear nor planned.
Case Studies Data Journalism GIJC23
Data-Driven Journalism: Roundup of Recent Standout Stories
The best of modern data journalism tells powerful stories that test assumptions. At GIJC23, two experts discussed strong recent investigations and what makes them stand out.
Data Journalism GIJC23 Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips to Guide Investigative Journalists in Document Text Analysis
Investigative journalists often face the challenge of reviewing and combining large documents or data in text forms. This can be very exhausting and labor intensive.
Case Studies GIJC23
GIJN’s Top 10 Stories of 2023
A curated list of 10 notable GIJN articles from this past year — a mix of our most popular stories, great reads, data journalism best practices, and game-changing reporting tips.
GIJC23 Reporting Tools & Tips
Working With Hackers: Where — and How — Journalists Should Use These Sources
The use of hacked data is an ethical challenge for investigative journalists. But responsible use of this information can lead to public interest revelations that would otherwise stay hidden.
Reporting Tools & Tips
GIJN’s Top 10 Investigative Tools of 2023
Having flagged the top tips at NICAR23, IRE23, and GIJC23 in Sweden, GIJN offers the following 10 user-friendly tools that you might consider in your next investigations.
Data Journalism Top 10
Extrajudicial Killings in Bangladesh, Israel-Palestine Protests, China’s Maritime Footprint
Featuring stories on extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh, protests about the Israel-Gaza conflict, China’s global maritime footprint, and a memoriam for Philip Meyer, a pioneer of data-driven journalism.
GIJC23 Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Better FOIA Requests: Taking Right-to-Information Access to the Next Level
Many reporters rely on FOIA requests and RTI legislation for their investigations. But how do you take these requests to the next level?
GIJC23 Legal Defense & Emergency Aid Press Freedom
How Journalists Can Protect Against Slapp Cases and Other Legal Threats
How journalists can identify whether they’ve been hit with a SLAPP suit — and resources for helping journalists fight back.
GIJC23 Reporting Tools & Tips
Unleashing the Power of Social Network Analysis for Investigative Journalism
Social Network Analysis (SNA) enables investigative journalists to connect the dots that can lead to groundbreaking revelations and expose deep-seated wrongdoing.
GIJN Resource Center’s Top Guides and Tipsheets from 2023
GIJN’s Resource Center presents a selection of our top reporting guides and tipsheets from 2023, from tracking climate change accountability to investigating war crimes.
Data Journalism GIJC23
Expert Tips for Journalists on Building Your Own Datasets
What do you do when you don’t get the dataset you need from authorities, or it doesn’t exist? Two experts provided tips at GIJC23.
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After Gothenburg: Call for Proposals for GIJC25 and GIJC27
GIJN is now accepting simultaneous proposals to host its next two Global Investigative Journalism Conferences in 2025 and in 2027.