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From Audience to Community: An Alternative Future for Watchdog Journalism
Media organizations should focus on serving specific communities with shared interests and values rather than trying to reach “everyone.”
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Data Journalism How They Did It
Documenting the Unidentified Graves of Migrants in Europe’s Borderlands
This investigation sought to answer key questions that no government could answer: What happens when someone goes missing at Europe’s borders? And how many burial sites are there across Europe?
How They Did It News & Analysis
How ‘Underestimated’ Journalists Exposed the Massive UK Post Office Scandal
The UK’s Post Office scandal saw hundreds of people wrongly prosecuted. For over a decade, investigative journalists from small outlets plugged away to uncover the truth.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How One Reporter Unravelled the Mystery Behind a Field of Starving Horses in Argentina
GIJN spoke to the author of a 2024 Gabo Award-winning investigation into the case of 700 horses found abandoned in a field outside Buenos Aires.
Data Journalism How They Did It
How I Did It: Extracting and Analyzing National Budget Data Using a Custom AI Bot
Filipino journalist Jaemark Tordecilla explains how he made and refined a custom AI tool that makes it easier to report on public spending from budgets published online.
Getting the Story Out How They Did It
Pollution, Corruption, and Illegal Gold Mining: Investigating Nigeria’s Water Crisis
Investigative journalist and filmmaker Anu Adelakun discusses her investigation into the forces behind water scarcity and pollution in Africa’s most populous democracy.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
How Salvadoran Journalists Fight for Public Information Despite Increasing Obstruction
In El Salvador, the government has increasingly failed to honor public access to Information laws, forcing journalists to obtain data through other channels to hold power to account.
Reporting Tools & Tips Safety & Security
Are You Being Tailed? Tips for Reporters Concerned About Physical Surveillance
Would a group of reporters who knew – for sure – that they were being followed be able to identify the operatives sent to track them?
Data Journalism Top 10
California’s Raging Wildfires, Iran’s Forbidden Oil Cargoes, and Falling Birth Rates in Japan
Our fortnightly column also highlights attacks on the LGBT community in Russia, fentanyl production in Mexico, and a NYT analysis of its own past travel recommendations.
News & Analysis
There Has Never Been a Better Time for Environmental Journalism
The press in the US faces daunting challenges with the return of President Donald Trump, but holding his administration accountable makes environmental journalism that much more vital.
10 Questions
From Poet to Reporter, Covering the Human Angle of Conflict in Nigeria
The managing editor of HumAngle, which covers the human costs of conflict and terrorism, discusses the challenges of investigative coverage in Nigeria.
Member Profiles
How Mongabay Exposes Threats to the Environment and Indigenous Communities
GIJN member Mongabay is leading the way in environmental journalism with a innovative global-plus-local approach to watchdog reporting.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Russian Arms Sales, Sanctioned Timber, and Putin’s Secret Children: 2024’s Best Investigations from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus
From Russia to Central Asia, the climate for investigative journalism is deteriorating. But watchdog reporters have not given up, even if many now have to report from overseas.
How They Did It Reporting Tools & Tips
Misinformation on TikTok: How Documented Examined Hundreds of Videos in Different Languages
For an investigation into misinformation on TikTok, the Documented team developed helpful methodologies for using AI to transcribe and analyze large amounts of downloaded videos.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
War Impacts, Illicit Sanctions-Busting Trade, Black Sea Damage: 2024’s Best Investigations in Ukrainian
Despite the challenges of reporting in wartime, Ukrainian journalists continue to uncover corruption — even while under attack from disinformation campaigns.
News & Analysis
Documents Found After the Fall of Assad Show Syrian Intelligence Spying on Journalists
Files discovered at Syria’s intelligence directorate after the fall of the Assad regime detail an operation to surveil and investigate SIRAJ, a Syrian journalist collective.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Global Tour of Investigative Podcasts: 2024 Edition
Our annual round-up of compelling investigative audio stories, as reviewed by GIJN’s global team. Featuring stories from the US, Germany, Switzerland, El Salvador, Turkey, and Russia.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Dictatorship’s Legacy, Rise of Portugal’s Far Right, and Devastating Flooding: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories in Portuguese
Also featuring stories on dubious pension payments, sinking cities, and deforestation, here are our favorite stories from the Lusophone world this year.
How They Did It
Opening the AI ‘Black Box’: How We Investigated Grab’s Fare System
How the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism looked into the opaque algorithm used by the ride-hailing company Grab.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Fake Fertilizer, Dirty Money, and a Kidnapping Epidemic: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories from Sub-Saharan Africa
Also featuring revelations about misuse of college scholarships in Ghana, a televangelist’s troubling empire in Nigeria, and a dive into a US charity’s spending in Malawi.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Investigating Mining, Tracking Trolling, and Deconstructing a Building Collapse: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories from Turkey
Investigative journalism in Turkey faces many challenges and obstacles, but there are remarkable reporters digging into untold stories.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Digital Slavery, Nickel Downstreaming, and Timber Grabbing: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories in Southeast Asia
This year’s picks emphasize the region’s increasingly sophisticated cross-border crimes, but also how investigative journalists consistently expose them.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
A Mysterious Poisoning, Contaminated Tanker Trucks, and a Death in Custody: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories About China
Also featuring reporting on an elaborate con on a Chinese dissident, an academic credentials scandal, and trekking with Chinese migrants to the US border.
Teaching & Training
Digital Threats: Fourth Cyber Investigations Training Course
Reporters from around the world will learn how to investigate the digital environment in order to understand and expose disinformation, online attacks, and manipulation.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Switzerland’s Hidden Slave Trade, Migrants ‘Dumped’ in the Desert, and a Religious Sex Scandal: 2024’s Best Investigations in French
Featuring stories from France to the Ivory Coast, Switzerland to Senegal, here are eight of the best investigations published in French this year.
Data Journalism Top 10 Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Editor’s Pick: Top 10 Data Journalism Projects of 2024
Highlights from a year of data journalism columns, from elections to the Olympics and the evolution of the love song.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Deadly Protests, Rising Seas, and Investigating Corruption: 2024’s Best Investigations from Bangladesh
Also featuring investigations into UN peacekeepers, population data fudging, and the inadequate academic qualifications of a powerful police chief.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Tracking the Exploitation of Illegal Gold, Human Trafficking, and Government Corruption: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories in Spanish
A tour of the year’s best investigations from across Latin America and Spain, where journalists are uncovering stories that impact their communities.