How They Did It
From the Hospital to the Lab: How We Reported the Snakebite Scandal
Two reporters from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s global health team explain how they uncovered the shady world of phony snakebite antivenom.
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News & Analysis Press Freedom
Behind the FOI Desk: Using Freedom of Information Laws to Fuel Accountability Stories in Africa
Newsrooms across Africa have established formal, right-to-information help desks that leverage government document requests for public accountability and watchdog reporting.
New Free Tools to Track Corporate Misconduct Around the World
The new Violation Tracker Global (VT Global) portal offers unique and valuable datasets on corporate misconduct across 57 countries and territories outside of the US and UK.
Data Journalism MENA Focus Week
How Middle Eastern Data Outlets Use Data to Challenge Narratives and Advance Accountability
Data journalism in the Middle East has been driven by organizations that have produced collaborations and projects that combine innovative techniques with nuanced local knowledge.
Getting the Story Out MENA Focus Week
Investigating Syria after Assad: A Black Box, Opened
Feras Dalatey describes the surreal experience of reporting in his home country days after the fall of the Assad regime — and the challenges ahead for Syria’s investigative journalists.
10 Questions MENA Focus Week
‘Never Stop Learning’: Reporting on Yemen Beyond the Headlines
The investigative journalist — who has covered Iraq’s secret sex trade, the Yemen war, and the Sanaa funeral bombing — shares insights from working on a difficult beat.
MENA Focus Week News & Analysis
Unearthing Truths in Turbulent Times: The High Cost of Investigative Journalism in North Africa
Press freedom in the Maghreb is under attack and in decline, but investigative outlets have still found ways to uncover corruption and reduce the risks of publishing.
MENA Focus Week News & Analysis
Investigative Journalism in MENA: Struggling Against Tyranny, Fighting to Survive
Investigative journalists across the region talk about their biggest challenges — from repressive laws and surveillance to funding cuts.
News & Analysis
What’s Lost if Voice of America Disappears: Watchdog Spirit, Intrepid Reporters, and Focus on the Global South
To dismantle VOA and other US-funded affiliates would be to silence decades of coverage in overlooked parts of the world on topics like human rights, corruption, and war crimes.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Editors and Reporters Denounce Bill That Would Upend Investigative Journalism in Peru
A bill currently being proposed in the South American country’s legislature would have a chilling effect, and make in-depth exposés of the powerful virtually impossible.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Celebrating a Decade of Reveal — The Show That Helped Investigative Radio Go Mainstream
Ten years on, those behind Reveal, the award-winning public radio show and podcast, talk about the investigations that have defined their program.
Climate Data Journalism
How The Pudding Used Data Visualizations to Recontextualize the Story of Climate Change
What does climate change feel like? How will your city’s climate shift, 50 years from now? Data scientist Derek Taylor explains his latest piece.
News & Analysis Sustainability
As Social Platforms Withdraw Support, Professional Fact Checkers Fight Disinformation and ‘Systemic Assault’ on Facts
During a panel at ISOJ, fact-checkers discussed platform-enabled mis/disinformation in an era struggling with news avoidance, distrust, and limited access to information.
Data Journalism Methodology
How AI Is Helping Independent Journalists Track Wartime Casualties of Russia
Exiled Russian media site IStories has shared with GIJN how it built an AI-powered database of Russian military war dead and missing, and why it was worth creating.
Data Journalism Top 10
COVID-19’s Impact Five Years On, Chinese Harassment of Taiwan, Peruvian Political Fortunes, and 75 Years of Formula 1
Also this week, a visual narrative on the 30th anniversary of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, a special feature on Ramadan, and the grim statistics of death prediction.
How They Did It
How Two Graduate Reporters Exposed a System Used to Hide Police Officer Misconduct
Two reporters, nominated for the 2025 Goldsmith Prize, spent years investigating legal agreements in California that hide police officers’ past misconduct from the public.
Climate Reporting Tools & Tips
New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste
The lack of regulatory oversight of radioactive waste in the oil and gas industry has created an environment ripe for some extraordinary science and environmental journalism.
News & Analysis
Creating a New Nonprofit Outlet to Investigate Wildlife Crime
With legacy media stepping back from the space, three veteran reporters decided to create a new outlet dedicated to wildlife investigations.
10 Questions
Investigating Clandestine Gold Mines, Deforestation, and Corporate Misconduct: The Reporter Who Made the Amazon His Beat
Brazilian freelance reporter Hyury Potter recently won the Pulitzer Center’s Breakthrough Journalism Award.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Telltale Data Signs of Bogus Scientific Papers and Fraudulent Academic Research
Two scientists and an editor spent six months investigating so-called paper mills, which churn out bogus scientific papers that impede actual research on lifesaving breakthroughs.
Member Profiles
Fighting a War with Data Journalism: Ukraine’s Texty and the Battle for Truth
The team at the award-winning data journalism outlet suspected that Russia would invade — they could see clues in the data. We profile the team and their work combating false conflict narratives.
Reporting Tools & Tips Research
How Planespotter and Other Transportation Enthusiast Sites Can Unlock Investigations
At NICAR25, data reporters detailed how amateur transportation enthusiasts are a valuable, media-friendly, and underused source of critical tips and information for investigations.
How They Did It
Exposing Extremism Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Open Source Tools
As extremism spreads across sub-Saharan Africa, journalists are turning to open source tools to track the networks and physical movement of these often violent groups.
Data Journalism Top 10
Europe’s Paths to Future Population, Germany’s Election Results, US Tariff War Woes, and Chinese State Real Estate
Our column also features stories on the history of African borders, Spain’s prisoner release algorithm, and the global impact of USAID funding cuts.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
From NICAR25, Four Free Cutting Edge and Time-Saving Investigative Data Tools
GIJN shares some of the no-cost, easy-to-use data tools that NICAR25 conference panelists described as surprisingly useful but unknown by investigative reporters.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Veteran Environmental Journalists Offer Tips on Covering the Second Trump Administration
Covering Trump 2.0 poses stark challenges for news outlets, but many environmental journalists who reported on Trump between 2016 and 2020 can offer perspective.
How They Did It
How TBIJ Teamed up with UK Members of Parliament to Uncover ‘Silenced Stories’
TBIJ journalists explain how they got around SLAPP suits by having UK Members of Parliament — shielded by legal privilege — read in the House of Commons previously silenced stories.
News & Analysis Sustainability
Donor Interest vs. Editorial Independence: How to Defend Your News Integrity During a Global Funding Crisis
The current funding challenges facing nonprofit media make it more important than ever for newsrooms to “walk the talk” on transparency and to maximize their independence.